(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed as applying to the regular military or naval forces of the United States, the duly authorized militia of this State, or to the Police and Fire Departments in the proper performance of their duty.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed as applying to signal rockets or devices or compositions used to obtain visible or audible pyrotechnic effects, which are covered in Article 1535.
(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed as applying to the laboratories of schools, colleges, and similar institutions, when confined to the purpose of instruction or research, or explosives in the forms prescribed by the official United States Pharmacopeia.
(d) Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the hand loading of small arms ammunition for private personal use and not for resale. For this purpose, not more than ten pounds of smokeless powder and one thousand small arms primers packed in approved I.C.C. containers shall be permitted to be kept on hand when acceptable to the police authorities.
(Ord. 7425. Passed 11-24-81.)