(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FIREARM. Any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, which will expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, compressed air or gas, and includes, but is not limited to, any such weapon commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, or machine gun. Any weapon which can be readily made into a FIREARM by the insertion of a firing pin or other similar thing in the actual possession of the actor or an accomplice, is a FIREARM.
PISTOL. Any firearm, loaded or unloaded, 30 inches or less in length; or any firearm, loaded or unloaded, which by its construction and appearance conceals it as a firearm.
PURCHASER. Any person who receives a pistol from another by purchase, gift, or loan.
(B) Sales and licensing.
(1) Records of sales of firearms. Every person, and his or her agent or employee, selling or delivering pistols or other firearms within the city shall keep a book in which shall be written in ink the name, age, address, and personal description of every person purchasing or receiving a pistol or other firearm from him or her, and the make, number if any, and general description of such pistol or other firearm; also the date and hour of such purchase. Such books shall at all times be open to the inspection of any member of the Police Department. Such books shall be substantially bound and of a size not less than six inches in width and breadth and shall have legibly written therein, in the English language, the information aforesaid. No entry in such book shall be erased, obliterated, altered, or defaced.
(2) Weekly reports to police of firearm sales. Every person who makes a sale or delivery of any firearm shall make out, at the end of each business week, on a blank form to be furnished by the Police Department for that purpose, a legible and correct copy of the record of sales required to be kept concerning the particulars of sales and deliveries of such firearms during that business week, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered such copy of such record to the Chief of Police or his or her authorized representative, at his or her office, not later than the Monday following the end of each such business week.
(3) Failure to complete and return license to purchase pistol. It shall be unlawful for the purchaser of any pistol to be or remain in possession thereof if the completed license to purchase the same shall not have been returned to the licensing authority within ten days of the purchase of the pistol, as required by law.
(D) Prohibitions.
(1) Discharge prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in the city.
(2) Exceptions. It shall not be a violation of this section to discharge a firearm under the following conditions:
(a) In the protection of life;
(b) Law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties;
(c) An established and lawfully permitted educational program properly supervised; and
(d) Military functions, such as parades, funerals, firing blank charges.
(Prior Code, § 130.03) (Ord. D-665, passed 9-8-1964, effective 11-1-1964; Ord. D-1016, passed 1-24-1972, effective 1-24-1972; Ord. D-1223, passed 5-9-1977, effective 5-19-1977; Ord. D-1843, passed 8-9-1999, effective 8-18-1999) Penalty, see § 130.99
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