(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of selling or to sell or give away to any person within the city, any pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, stiletto, brass or iron knuckles, or billies or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instruments of like character which can be concealed on the person, without a license so to do as hereinafter provided.
(B) Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license authorizing the sale of the deadly weapons mentioned in division (A) hereof shall make application in writing to the Mayor, setting out in such application the full name and residence of the applicant, if an individual, and if a firm or corporation, the name and residence of each of its members or officers. Such applicant shall also set out the location at which it is intended or desired to conduct such business. Upon receipt of such application it shall be the duty of the Mayor to issue a license to the applicant upon a payment to the City Collector of an annual license fee of $25.
(C) Every person, firm or corporation who is licensed to deal in deadly weapons under the provisions of this section, shall make out and deliver to the Chief of Police, every day before the hour of 12:00 p.m., a legible and correct report of every sale or gift made under authority of said license during the preceding 24 hours, which report shall contain the date of such sale or gift, the name of the purchaser or donee, with his or her address and age, the number, kind, description and price of such weapon, and the purpose given by such person for the purchase of such weapon.
(D) In case the Mayor shall be satisfied that any licensee has violated any provision of this section, then he or she shall revoke the license of such person, firm or corporation from the selling of such weapons, and the money paid for such license shall be forfeited to the city and no other such license shall be issued to such licensee for a period of three years thereafter.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, barter, or give away to any person within the city, any pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, stiletto, brass or iron knuckles, or billies or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instruments of like character which can be concealed on the person, except to licensed dealers and to persons who have secured a permit for the purchase of such articles from the Chief of Police, as hereinafter required.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase any pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, stiletto, brass or iron knuckles, or billies or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instruments of like character which can be concealed on the person, without first securing from the Chief of Police a permit so to do. Before any such permit is granted an application in writing shall be made therefor, setting forth in such application the name, address, age, height, weight, complexion, nationality and other elements of identification of the person desiring such permit, and the applicant shall provide such evidence of good character as the Chief of Police in his or her discretion may require.
(G) (1) It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to refuse such permit to:
(a) All persons having been convicted of any crime;
(b) All minors.
(2) Otherwise, in case he or she shall be satisfied that the applicant is a person of good moral character, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to grant such permit upon the payment of a fee of $1.
(H) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to exhibit for sale in show cases or show windows, on counters or in any public manner, any pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, stiletto, brass or iron knuckles, or billies or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instruments of like character, or to display any signs, posters, or display cards suggesting the sale of any such weapon.
(Ord. 1612, passed 5-6-2003)