§ 130.18 DISCHARGE OF AIR GUNS, BOWS AND SLING SHOTS WITHIN CITY.
   (A)   Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   AIR GUN. Any gun or device, by whatever name know, which is designed to expel or propel a projectile, pellet or missile, leaden or otherwise, by the action of compressed air or gas, or by the action of a spring or elastic, but does not mean a firearm.
   BOWS. Any device, by whatever name know, which is designed to support any missile or arrow and which hurls, throws or flings the same by the expanding or flexing of any part of the apparatus, but does not mean a firearm.
   SLING SHOT. Any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to support stones, pellets or missiles, and by hand, hurling, throwing, and flinging the same by stretching and releasing elastic bands, but does not mean a firearm.
('71 Code, § 98.05)
   (B)   No person, regardless of age, shall shoot within the city any gun commonly known as an air gun or any type of mechanical gun that shoots, expels or propels pellets, missiles or projectiles, leaden or otherwise, and no person shall hurl or fling missiles, pellets or stones by means of a sling shot or bow.
('71 Code, § 98.06)
   (C)   No person under the age of 16 years shall carry any air gun, sling shot or bow on the streets, alleys, public roads or public places within the city unless accompanied by an adult, parent or guardian. Any violation of this division by a child under the age of 16 years shall be considered an act of delinquency on the part of that child, in which case the Chief of Police shall report the case to the juvenile court.
('71 Code, § 98.07)
(Ord. 37-58, passed 7-10-78) Penalty, see § 130.99