(a) Concealed weapons prohibited.
(1) Prohibition. No person shall, within the village, wear or in any manner carry under his or her clothes or conceal upon or about his or her person any deadly or dangerous weapon, provided this subsection (a) shall not apply to a peace officer or such persons as may be authorized to carry such weapons.
(2) Dangerous weapon defined. DANGEROUS WEAPON means any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great bodily harm, or any other device or instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
(b) Concealed weapons in public establishments. No person shall carry or be possessed of a dangerous weapon in any public building or business establishment open to the public except a bona fide weapons repair, display, or sales establishment, unless such dangerous weapon is so stored and concealed (other than on the person) so as not to be readily accessible to any person or patron. This subsection (b) shall not apply to peace officers or others duly authorized by law acting within the scope of their duties. This subsection (b) shall not be construed to prohibit the sale, purchase, repair, or trade of firearms by a retail business establishment doing so in the course of its regular business in accord with state and federal law, nor to hinder a prospective customer from attempting to buy, sell, or trade firearms to or from a retailer.
(c) Specific concealed weapons prohibited. No person, except a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of their duties, shall carry or wear concealed about his or her person any pistol, revolver, firearm, slingshot, crossknuckle of lead, brass, or other materials, bowie knife, switchblade, dirk, or dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon within the village.
(d) Possession, sale, and manufacture of certain weapons prohibited.
(1) No person shall sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, or carry metallic knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles, a “nunchuck” (also called a “nunchaku”) or any similar weapon, a “cestus” or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, a “churkin” (also called a “sunken”), or any similar object intended to injure a person when thrown, a “sucbai” or similar weapon, a “manrikigusari” or a similar length of chain having weighted ends, or any other martial arts device or instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or likely to produce injury or death to another person within the village.
(2) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
CHURKIN. A round throwing knife consisting of several sharp points protruding from a rounded disc.
NUNCHUCK OR NUNCHAKU. An instrument consisting of two or more sticks, clubs, or rods connected by a rope, cord, wire, or chain.
SUCBAI. A short length of wood or metal or similar material which, when gripped in the hand, protrudes on either side of the fist. Such prohibited instrument may or may not have spikes or short pointed protrusions from either end.
(3) Any such device shall be seized by a law enforcement officer and destroyed or turned over to the State Crime Laboratory for destruction.
(e) Reckless use of weapons.
(1) Acts prohibited.
a. No person shall endanger another’s safety by reckless conduct in the operation or handling of a firearm, air gun, knife, or bow and arrow.
b. No person shall operate or go armed with a firearm, air gun, knife, or bow and arrow while he or she is under the influence of an intoxicant.
c. No person shall intentionally point a firearm, air gun, knife, or bow and arrow at or toward another person.
(2) Reckless conduct defined. RECKLESS CONDUCT consists of an act which creates a situation of unreasonable risk and high probability of death or great bodily harm to another, and which demonstrates a conscious disregard for the safety of another and a willingness to take chances of perpetrating an injury.
(Prior Code, § 11-2-2)