(A) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Manufacture, possess for sale, sell, or furnish to any person other than a law enforcement agency for authorized use in police work, any brass knuckles, cestus, billy, blackjack, sandbag, switchblade knife, springblade knife, gravity knife, or similar weapon;
(2) When transferring any dangerous ordnance to another, negligently fail to require the transferee to exhibit identification, license, or permit showing him to be authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to § 135.05, or negligently fail to take a complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy of the record to the county sheriff or safety director or police chief of the municipality;
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, knowingly solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a federally licensed firearms dealer or private seller to transfer a firearm or ammunition to any person in a manner prohibited by state or federal law;
(4) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, with an intent to deceive, knowingly provide materially false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer or private seller;
(5) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, knowingly procure, solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a person to act in violation of division (A)(3) or (A)(4) of this section;
(6) Knowingly fail to report to the police department the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person's possession or under the person’s control.
(B) Divisions (A)(3), (A)(4), and (A)(5) of this section do not apply to any of the following:
(1) A law enforcement officer who is acting within the scope of the officer's duties;
(2) A person who is acting in accordance with directions given by a law enforcement officer described in division (B)(1) of this section.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful transactions in weapons. A violation of division (A)(3), (A)(4), or (A)(5) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. A violation of division (A)(1) or (A)(2) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. A violation of division (A)(6) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(D) As used in this section:
AMMUNITION. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 2305.401.
FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 5502.63.
MATERIALLY FALSE INFORMATION. Means information regarding the transfer of a firearm or ammunition that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
PRIVATE SELLER. Means a person who sells, offers for sale, or transfers a firearm or ammunition and who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.
(R.C. § 2923.20) (Rev. eff. 2019 S-21) (Ord. 79-1973, passed 12-19-73)
Penalty, see § 130.99