Please help me understand the new ordinance.
Here is a link to the pre-ban code:
http://library.municode.com/HTML/14510/level3/PII_C34_AVII.html#PII_C34_AVII_s34-200
Sec. 34-200. - Weapons generally.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or to conceal about his person, or to display in a threatening manner, any dangerous or deadly weapon including, but not by way of limitation, any pistol, revolver, slingshot, blackjack, cross-knuckles or knuckles of lead, brass or other material, or any bowie knife, dirk, dagger, razor or any knife resembling a bowie knife or having a blade in excess of 2½ inches in length, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer to sell, display, use, possess or carry any knife having the appearance of a pocketknife, the blade of which can be opened by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle or other mechanical contrivance. Any such knife is hereby declared to be a dangerous or deadly weapon and shall be subject to forfeiture to the city as provided in this section.
(c)
No person shall sell to a minor under the age of 16 years, without the consent of that child's guardian or parents, any ammunition, firearms, or any deadly weapon.
(d)
No person other than a police officer shall discharge any firearms except during some patriotic celebration, or at some shooting match under the control of a responsible person.
(e)
Every person convicted of any violation of this section shall forfeit to the city such dangerous or deadly weapon so concealed or displayed.
(f)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to forbid United States marshals, sheriffs, constables and their deputies, and any regular, special or ex officio police officer, or any other law enforcement officer of the United States, the state, the county or the city, or any other authorized member of the city government from carrying or wearing, while on duty, such weapons as shall be necessary in the proper discharge of their duties.
(g)
It shall be the duty of every police officer, upon making an arrest and taking such a concealed weapon from the person of the offender, to deliver such weapon to the chief of police to be held by him until the final determination of the prosecution for such offense; and upon a finding of guilty, it shall then be the duty of the chief of police to dispose of such weapon as directed by the municipal judge.
(h)
It shall be unlawful for any person carrying an air weapon (as defined herein) to willfully enter or go upon the premises or property of another, or to fire or discharge any air weapon while on the premises or property of another, or to fire any projectile from an air weapon over, into through or across the premises or property of another without first having obtained the written permission from the owner, lessee or person in charge of such premises or property. It shall also be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any air weapon from, across or into any street, sidewalk, road, highway or any park. As used herein, the term "air weapon" shall mean any air rifle, air gun or pistol, BB gun, sling shot, spring gun or gun or rifle containing a gas-propelled cartridge, tear gas gun, vapor gas gun or any similar weapon, whether such be classed as a toy or not, which impels with force a projectile or pellet of any kind.
(i)
Subsection (a) of this section, as it applies to firearms, shall not apply to any person who has a valid concealed carry endorsement issued pursuant to RSMo 571.094 or a valid permit or endorsement to carry concealed firearms issued by another state or political subdivision of another state.
Now they are adding a new paragraph J which is supposed to read as:
"It shall be unlawful for any person to openly carry a firearm or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use. This section does not apply when an individual is transporting such weapons in a non-functioning state or in an unloaded state to and from his or her vehicle to his residence and from his or her residence to his or her vehicle."
Where is the penalty for this section? I don't get it. there are other offences on this webpage that specify the penalty right there in the same section. Does anyone else know where to find the penalty?
Also, it appears there is an exception for him or her to take the weapon to HIS residence from a vehicle, and also for him
or her to take the weapon from his or her residence to his or her vehicle. But I don't see where it is OK for HER to take the weapon from HER vehicle to his or her residence?
