(A) Acts prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to:
(1) Recklessly handle or use a gun or other dangerous weapon or explosive so as to endanger the safety of another;
(2) Intentionally point a gun of any kind, capable of injuring or killing a human being and whether loaded or unloaded, at or toward another;
(3) Manufacture, transfer, possess or sell for any unlawful reason, a weapon or article deemed dangerous for the purpose of being used unlawfully against another or in public (except during organized and lawful training classes or exhibitions);
(4) Sell or have in his or her possession any device designed to silence or muffle the discharge of a firearm;
(5) Permit, as a parent or guardian, any child under 14 years of the legal age to handle or use, outside of the parent’s or guardian’s presence, a firearm or air gun of any kind, or any ammunition or explosive; or
(6) Furnish a minor less than 18 years of age with a firearm, air gun, ammunition or explosive without the written consent of his or her parent or guardian or of the Police Department.
(B) Exception. Nothing in division (A) above shall prohibit the possession of the articles therein mentioned if the purpose of the possession is for public exhibition by museums or collectors of art.
(C) Discharge of firearms and explosives. It is unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol or other firearm, firecracker or sky rocket or other firework deemed illegal, unless in possession of a permit to discharge such a device as issued by the city.
(D) Exception. Nothing in division (C) above shall apply to a display of fireworks by an organization or group of organizations authorized in writing by the Commission, or the peace officer in the discharge of his or her duty, or to a person in the lawful defense of his or her person or family. This section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms in a range authorized in writing by the Commission.
(E) Possession and sale of fireworks. It is unlawful for any person to sell, possess or have in possession for the purpose of sale or use, except as allowed in division (D) above, any illegal fireworks.
(F) Exposure of unused container. It is unlawful for any person, being the owner or in possession or control thereof, to permit an unused refrigerator, ice box or other container, sufficiently large enough to retain any child and with doors which fasten automatically when closed, to expose the same accessible to children, without removing the doors, lids, hinges or latches.
(Ord. 113, passed 3-11-2014) Penalty, see § 10.99