(a) Definitions as used in this section:
(1) "Firearm" means any deadly weapon capable of expelling or propelling one or more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant.
(2) "Ammunition" means any ammunition cartridge, shell or other device containing explosive or incendiary material and designed and intended for use in any firearm.
(3) "Child" means any person under the age of eighteen years, and includes any person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who is of sufficient mental incompetence as to have had a legal guardian appointed by the Probate Court.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) hereof, no person, including, but not limited to, a parent or legal guardian, shall store or leave a loaded or unloaded firearm in any place where the person knows, or reasonably should know based on the totality of the circumstances, that a child is able to gain access to it.
(c) Subsection (b) hereof shall not apply when:
(1) A child's access to a firearm is under the supervision or control of a responsible adult for purposes of lawful hunting or instruction in firearms safety, care, handling or marksmanship.
(2) A child has access to a firearm as a result of an unlawful entry into a place in which the firearm was found;
(3) A child obtains a firearm in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another person or persons within a domicile;
(4) A child who, without permission of the lawful possessor of a firearm, obtains the firearm from the possessor's body.
(Ord. 50-1994. Passed 6-27-94.)