(A) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons if he or she knowingly:
(1) Carries concealed upon or about his or her person a knife, a blackjack, or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use;
(2) Discharges or shoots a firearm within the city limits; or
(3) Possesses a firearm or projectile weapon while intoxicated.
(B) Divisions (A)(1), (A)(2), and (A)(4) above shall not apply to or affect any of the following:
(1) All state, county, and municipal law enforcement officers possessing the duty and power of arrest for violation of the general criminal laws of the state or for violation of ordinances of counties or municipalities of the state, or any person summoned by such officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while actually engaged in assisting such officer;
(2) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of crime;
(3) Members of the Armed Forces or National Guard while performing their official duty;
(4) Those persons vested by Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution of Missouri with the judicial power of the state and those persons vested by Article III of the Constitution of the United States with the judicial power of the United States, the members of the Federal Judiciary;
(5) Any person whose bona fide duty is to execute process, civil or criminal;
(6) Any Federal Probation Officer;
(7) Any state probation or parole officer, including supervisors and members of the Board of Probation and Parole, authorized to carry a firearm pursuant to RSMo. § 217.710;
(8) Any corporate security advisor meeting the definition and fulfilling the requirements of the regulations established by the Board of Police Commissioners under RSMo. § 84.340; and
(9) The discharge of firearms in connection with any turkey shoots or other charitable event authorized by the Board of Aldermen.
(C) Divisions (A)(1), (A)(3), and (A)(4) above do not apply when the actor is transporting such weapons in a non-functioning state or in an unloaded state when ammunition is not readily accessible or when such weapons are not readily accessible. Division (A)(1) above does not apply when the actor is also in possession of an exposed firearm or projectile weapon for the lawful pursuit of game, or is in his or her dwelling unit or upon business premises over which the actor has possession, authority, or control, or is traveling in a continuous journey peaceably through the city.
(Prior Code, § 210.240) Penalty, see § 130.999