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672.08 FAILURE TO SECURE DANGEROUS ORDNANCE.
   (a)   No person, in acquiring, possessing, carrying, or using any dangerous ordnance. shall negligently fail to take proper precautions:
      (1)   To secure the dangerous ordnance against theft, or against its acquisition or use by any unauthorized or incompetent person.
      (2)   To insure the safety of persons and property.
    (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to secure a dangerous ordnance, a misdemeanor of the second degree, and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 2923.19; Ord. 81-73. Passed 12-11-73.)
672.09 UNLAWFUL TRANSACTIONS IN WEAPONS.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Recklessly sell, lend, give or furnish any firearm to any person prohibited by R.C. § 2923.13 or 2923.15, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, from acquiring or using any firearm, or recklessly sell, lend, give or furnish any dangerous ordnance to any person prohibited by R.C. § 2923.13, 2923.15 or 2923.17, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, from acquiring or using any dangerous ordnance;
      (2)   Possess any firearm or dangerous ordnance with purpose to dispose of it in violation of division (a)(1) of this section;
      (3)   Except as otherwise provided in division (b) of this section, knowingly solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a federally licensed firearms dealer or private seller to transfer a firearm or ammunition to any person in a manner prohibited by state or federal law;
      (4)   Except as otherwise provided in division (b) of this section, with an intent to deceive, knowingly provide materially false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer or private seller;
      (5)   Except as otherwise provided in division (b) of this section, knowingly procure, solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a person to act in violation of division (a)(3) or (a)(4) of this section;
      (6)   When transferring any dangerous ordnance to another, negligently fail to require the transferee to exhibit the identification, license or permit showing the transferee to be authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to R.C. § 2923.17, or negligently fail to take a complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy of the record to the Sheriff of the county or Safety Director or Police Chief of the municipality where the transaction takes place;
      (7)   Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person’s possession and under his or her control.
   (b)   Divisions (a)(3), (a)(4), and (a)(5) of this section do not apply to any of the following:
      (1)   A law enforcement officer who is acting within the scope of the officer’s duties;
      (2)   A person who is acting in accordance with directions given by a law enforcement officer described in division (b)(1) of this section.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful transactions in weapons. A violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. A violation of division (a)(6) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. A violation of division (a)(7) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
   (d)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Ammunition.” Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 2305.401.
      (2)   “Federally licensed firearms dealer.” Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 5502.63.
      (3)   “Materially false information.” Means information regarding the transfer of a firearm or ammunition that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
      (4)   “Private seller.” Means a person who sells, offers for sale, or transfers a firearm or ammunition and who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.
(ORC 2923.20; Ord. 81-73. Passed 12-11-73.)
672.10 IMPROPERLY FURNISHING FIREARMS TO A MINOR. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 672.10 was repealed as part of the 1995 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because a violation of substantially identical State law (Ohio R.C.2923.21) was made a felony by the Ohio General Assembly by Sub. H.B. No. 4, effective November 9, 1995.)
672.105 UNDERAGE PURCHASE OF A FIREARM OR HANDGUN.
   (a)   No person under eighteen years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm.
   (b)   No person under twenty-one years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun, provided that this subsection does not apply to the purchase or attempted purchase of a handgun by a person eighteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years of age if either of the following apply:
      (1)   The person is a law enforcement officer who is properly appointed or employed as a law enforcement officer and has received firearms training approved by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council or equivalent firearms training.
      (2)   The person is an active or reserve member of the armed services of the United States or the Ohio national guard, or was honorably discharged from military service in the active or reserve armed services of the United States or the Ohio national guard, and the person has received firearms training from the armed services or the national guard or equivalent firearms training.
    (c)   Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of underage purchase of a firearm, a delinquent act that would be a felony of the fourth degree if it could be committed by an adult. Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of underage purchase of a handgun, a misdemeanor of the second degree. (ORC 2923.211)
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