(a) No person shall purchase a particular weapon or other article specified in Section 571.12, which is concealable on the person, without first obtaining a permit to do so. Before any such permit is granted, an application therefor, in writing, shall be made to the Chief of Police, on forms supplied by him or her, setting forth the name, residence address, age, height, weight and other pertinent information for identification of the person desiring such permit, including fingerprints if requested by the Chief of Police. Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) and upon issuance such a permit shall be valid for the purchase of one particular weapon therein described. Such permit shall be given to and collected by the seller and filed with the City in the seller's report of sales of such weapons and other articles.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 597.02.