(a) No person shall:
(1) Manufacture, possess for sale, sell or furnish to any person other than a law enforcement agency for authorized use in police work, any brass knuckles, cestus, billy, blackjack, sandbag, switchblade knife, springblade knife, gravity knife or similar weapon;
(2) When transferring any dangerous ordnance to another, negligently fail to require the transferee to exhibit such identification, license or permit showing him or her to be authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.17, or negligently fail to take a complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy of such record to the County Sheriff or Safety Director or Police Chief of the Municipality;
(3) Knowingly fail to report to the Police Department forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in such person's possession or under his control.
(4) Recklessly sell, lend, give or furnish a firearm to another which does not include a locking device which is capable of rendering the firearm inoperable.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful transactions in weapons. Violation of division (a)(1) or (2) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. Violation of division (a)(3) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 2000-07. Passed 1-19-00.)