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SEC. 55.13. SALE OF AMMUNITION CLIPS AND SIMILAR DEVICES.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 172,002, Eff. 6/5/98.)
 
   (a)   No person shall sell or otherwise transfer to any other person a clip, magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device which has a capacity of, or which can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of ammunition.
 
   (b)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
 
   1.   the sale or transfer of such devices to any person described in Section 12302 or 12322 of the Penal Code of the State of California, or
 
   2.   the sale or transfer of ownership of such a device by a wholesale gun dealer to another wholesale gun dealer or by a wholesale gun dealer to a retail gun dealer, or
 
   3.   any entity or establishment engaged in the business of motion picture, television, video, theatrical, or re-enactment production, provided the clip, magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device is used solely as a prop in the course of motion picture, television, video, theater, or re-enactment production by an authorized participant therein or by an authorized agent or employee of the entity or establishment, and only if the entity or establishment properly secures such clip, magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device from unauthorized use, or
 
   4.   any federal, state or local historical society, museum or institutional collection which is open to the public provided any such clip, magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device is properly housed, secured from unauthorized handling and is unloaded.