21-96 Amending 549 Code - Weapons

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other system for absorbin.~ recoil and returninu the tube into battetw without displacing the carriage, and is designed and safe for use only with black powder; (4) Black powder, priming quills and percussion caps possessed and lawfully used to fire a cannon of a type defined in paragraph (d}(3) hereof during displays, Celebratkms, organized matches or shoots, and target practice, ami smokeless and black powder, primers and the percussion caps possessed and lawfully used as a propellant or ignition device in small-arms or small-arms ammunition; (5) Dangerous ordnance which is inoperable or inert and cannot readily be rendered operable or activated, and which is kept as a trophy, souvenir, curio or museum piece; (6) Any device which ks expressly excepted from the definition of a destructive device pursuant to the ~Gun Control Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 1213, 18 U.S.C. 921 (A) (4), as amended, and regulations issued under that Act. (e) ~Deadly weapon" means any instrument, device or thing capable of inflicting death, and designed or specially adapted for use as a weapon, or possessed, carried or used as a weapon. (f) "Explosive device' means any device designed or specially adapted to cause physical harm to persons or property by means of an explosion, and consisting of an explosive substance or agency and a means to detonate it. "Explosive device' includes, without limitation, any bomb, any explosive demolition device, any blasting cap or detonator containing an explosive charge, and any pressure vessel which has been knowingly tampered with or arranged so as to explode. (g) 'Firearm' means any deadly weapon capable of expelling or propelling one or more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant. "Firearm' includes an unloaded firearm and any firearm which is inoperable but which can readily be rendered operable. When determining whether a firearm is capable of expelling or propelling one or more projectiles by the action of any explosive or combustible propellant, the trier of fact may rely upon circumstantial evidence, including, but not limited to, the representations and actions of the individual exercising control over the firearm. Ox) "Handgun' means any firearm designed to be fired while being held in one hand. (i) ilncendiary device' means any firebomb and any device designed or specially adapted to cause physical harm to persons or property by means of fire and consisting of an incendiary substance or agency and a means to ignite it. (j) "Sawed-off firearm" means a shotgun with a barrel less than eighteen inches long, or a rifle with a barrel less than sixteen inches long, or a shotgun or rifle less than twenty-six inches long overall. (k) "Semi-automauc firearm' means any firearm designed or specially adapted to fire a single cartridge and automatically chamber a succeeding cartridge ready to fire, with a single filnction of the trigger. (1) "Zip-gun' means any of the following: (l) An'/firearm of crude and extemporized manufacture; (2) Any device, including, without limitation, a starter's pistol, not designed as a firearm, but which is specially adapted for uae as a firearm; (3) Any industrial tool, signaling device or safety device, not designed as a firearm, but which as designed is capable of use as such. when possessed, carried or used as a firearm. shall be and the same is hereby amended: 549.01 DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (a) 'Automatic firearm' means any firearm designed or sp~iallv adapted to fire a succession of cartridges with a single function of the tri.,t~er. (b} "Ballistic knife" means a knife with a detachable blade that is propelled by a spring-operated mechanism. (c) 'Chief of Police ~ means the Chief of the Lakewotxl Di~Ssiion of Police or his designee.