(A) It is unlawful for any person to sell, lend, rent, give or otherwise transfer to any minor a firing device, a projectile designed, intended or used for discharge from a firing device or a pressure tank or cartridge designed, intended or used to discharge a projectile from a firing device.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to fill for a minor any pressure tank or cartridge with carbon dioxide, nitrogen, air, or other substance designed, intended or used in conjunction with a firing device.
(C) For purposes of division (B) of this section, it shall be the affirmative obligation of a person selling any firing device or projectile, or filling any pressure tank or cartridge to make reasonable inquiry regarding the age of the person to whom or for whom such action is being taken; and if such person does not make reasonable inquiry regarding the age of the person for whom the action is being taken, it shall be no defense to a charge of a violation of this section the person charged was not aware that the person to whom or for whom the action was taken is a minor.
(D) Exception to sale or transfer to minors. Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, it shall not be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Sell, give, lend or otherwise transfer any of the items described in division (A) and division (B) of this section to a minor if the minor is accompanied by and has the permission of a parent, guardian, instructor or teacher or person standing otherwise in loco parentis to the minor; or
(2) Fill a pressure tank or cartridge for a minor if accompanied by a parent, guardian, instructor or teacher, or a person standing otherwise in loco parentis to the minor.
(Am. Ord. 2410-96, passed 3-20-96; Am. Ord. 21-1717, passed 10-6-21) Penalty, see § 130.99
Cross-reference:
Administrative warning tickets, see Ch. 42