(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Firearm" means any weapon, including a starter gun, which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; or the frame or receiver of any such weapon; or any firearm muffler or firearm silencer.
(2) "Pistol" means any firearm with a barrel less than twelve inches in length.
(3) "Manufacturer" or "dealer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing or selling firearms at wholesale or retail.
(4) "Fugitive from justice" means any person who has fled or is fleeing from any law enforcement officer to avoid prosecution or incarceration for a felony or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding.
(5) "Subversive organization" means any group, committee, club, league, society, association or combination of individuals, the purpose of which, or one of the purposes of which, is the establishment, control, conduct, seizure or overthrow of the Government of the United States, or of any state or political subdivision thereof, by the use of force, violence, military measures or threats of one or more of the foregoing.
(Ord. 100-70. Passed 12-29-70.)
(b) Possession Restricted.
(1) No person who has been convicted of a felony in any court of the United States, the several states, territories, possessions, commonwealth countries or the District of Columbia, or who is a fugitive from justice, of unsound mind, a drug addict or an habitual drunkard, shall possess a firearm within the City.
(2) No person who is a member of a subversive organization shall possess a firearm within the City.
(3) No person under the age of twenty-one shall possess a handgun. This subparagraph shall not apply to the issue of pistols to members of the Armed Forces of the United States, active or reserve, State Militia or ROTC, when on duty or training, or to the temporary loan of pistols for instruction under the immediate supervision of a parent, guardian or adult instructor.
(c) Nonserialized Pistols. No person shall receive, possess, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any pistol from which the manufacturer's serial numbers or letters have been removed.
(Ord. 100-70. Passed 12-29-70.)
(d) Sales, Transfers and Displays Regulated.
(1) No person shall sell, lease, lend or otherwise transfer a firearm to any person whom he knows, or has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a felony, or who is a fugitive from justice, of unsound mind, a drug addict, a habitual drunkard, or a member of a subversive organization.
(2) When delivered, all pistols must be securely wrapped and must be unloaded. (Ord. 12-09. Passed 2-24-09.)
(e) False Information Prohibited.
(1) No person, in applying for a license as a manufacturer or dealer, shall give false information or offer false evidence of his identity.
(2) No person shall give false information concerning the matters referred to in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) hereof or concerning his age or his name and address or offer false evidence of his identity when purchasing a pistol.
(f) Confiscation and Destruction. Any firearm of any type or explosive of any type sold or possessed in violation of any provision of this section shall be confiscated by the Sheffield Lake Division of Police and destroyed by such Division.
(Ord. 100-70. Passed 12-29-70.)
(g) Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.