(a) No person shall:
(1) Sell any firearm to a person under age eighteen;
(2) Sell any handgun to a person under age twenty one;
(3) Furnish any firearm to a person under age eighteen, except for purposes of lawful hunting, or for purposes of instruction in firearms safety, care, handling or marksmanship under the supervision or control of a responsible adult.
(b) No person under the age of eighteen shall be in possession of a firearm, except as
provided in Section (a)(3) above.
(c) No person, in acquiring, possessing, carrying, storing, or using any firearm shall
negligently fair to take proper precautions:
(1) To secure the firearm against its acquisition or use by an unauthorized or mentally incompetent person, or person under the age of eighteen, except as provided in Section (a)(3) above.
(2) The prohibition would not apply to any of the following:
(a) A person who secures a firearm with a trigger lock or stores or leaves a firearm in a securely locked box or container in a location that a reasonable person would believe to be secure;
(b) A person whose firearm is obtained by a child as a result of an unlawful entry by any person onto the premises on which the firearm was stored or kept as required in this section;
(c) A person whose firearm is obtained by a child while the child is engaged in the lawful act of self defense or in a lawful act in defense of another person.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (Ord. 1994-75. Passed 8-10-94.)