(A) No person under 19 years of age shall use, sell, offer to sell or have in his possession any air rifle or air pistol or any similar instrument in which the propelling force is a spring or air; except that such devices used in connection with an amusement licensed by the Council or at pistol ranges duly authorized by law, shall not be considered a violation of this section.
(B) Subject to the qualification made in subsection (A) of this division, no person under 19 years of age shall fire or discharge within the town any air gun or spring gun or other device, which is calculated or intended to propel or project a bullet or pellet or similar projectile.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person under 19 years of age to use or have in his possession any knife which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife, or any dart of any type whether or not the point thereof is covered, or any bow and arrow, slingshot, bean blower, or any other toy or device of any sort which propels any projectile or pellet by air, spring, rubber band, explosive substance, or any other force.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, give away or distribute any knife which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife, any dart of any type whether or not the point thereof is covered, any bow and arrow, slingshot, bean blower, or any other toy or device of any sort which propels any projectile or pellet by air, spring, rubber band, explosive substance, or any other force.
(E) The provisions of divisions (C) and (D) of this section shall not apply to the sale or purchase of any archery equipment by any person licensed by the state to shoot a bow and arrow, or by a member of any duly organized archery club; nor shall those subsections apply to the use of any bow and arrow at any archery range or contest conducted and supervised by a duly organized archery club or other similar organization, and the provisions of those subsections shall not apply to the sale, purchase or use of any scientific or educational toys, which include rocket kits, missiles and other scientific toys of such nature.
('73 Code, § 16-19) (Ord. passed 10-1-56; Am. Ord. passed 5-3-71) Penalty, see § 130.99