29-17 Amend Sec 549.01 to Clarify Regulation of Weapons Offenses

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hereof during display, celebrations, organized matches or shoots, and target practice, and smokeless and black powder, primers, and percus- sion caps possessed and lawfully used as a propellant or ignition device in small -arms or small -arms ammunition; (6) Dangerous ordnance which is inoperable or inert and cannot readi- ly be rendered operable or activated, and which is kept as a trophy, souvenir, curio or museum piece; (7) Any device which is 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. (g) "Deadly weapon" means any instrument, device, or thing capable of inflicting death, and designed or specially adapted for use as a weap- on, or possessed, carried or used as a weapon. (h) "Dealer" means any person, firm or corporation licensed by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and firearms engaged in the busi- ness of selling or trading handguns at wholesale or retail within the lim- its of the City, whether as the principle business of such person, firm or corporation, or in addition thereto. (i) "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 detona- tor containing an explosive charge, and any pressure vessel which has been knowingly tampered with or arranged so as to explode. 0) "Firearm" means any deadly weapon capable of expelling or pro- pelling one or more projectiles by the action of an explosive or com- bustible propellant. "Firearm" includes an unloaded firearm and any firearm which is inoperable but which can readily be rendered operable. (k) "Handgun" means any pistol, revolver or other firearm, having a barrel not exceeding twelve inches in length, measured by the insertion of a rod with the receiver or slide closed, or the barrel, receiver or any pail of the firing mechanism of such weapons, which is designed to eject or propel a projectile by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant, but does not include inoperable handguns which cannot be rendered operable, curios, relics or antique handguns as presently or hereafter defined in Title 26, Part 178 of the Code of Federal Regula- tions, Commerce in Firearms. (1) "Incendiary 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. (m) "Nornesident" means any person who does not have a place of residence within the limits of the City of Lakewood.