(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, no person, including but not limited to a parent or legal guardian, shall store or leave a loaded or unloaded firearm in any place where the person knows, or reasonably should know based on the totality of the circumstances, that a child is able to gain access to it.
(b) Subsection (a) hereof shall not apply when:
(1) A child's access to a firearm is under the supervision or control of a responsible adult for purposes of lawful hunting or instruction in firearms safety, care, handling or marksmanship;
(2) A child has access to a firearm as a result of any unlawful entry into the place in which the firearm was found;
(3) A child obtains a firearm in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another person or persons within a domicile;
(4) A child who, without permission of the lawful possessor of a firearm, obtains the firearm from the possessor's body.
(Ord. 49-1992. Passed 6-8-92.)