06-19 - Repeal 549.051 Sale, Possession, and use of stun guns

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(a) No person shall discharge any air gun, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol or other firearm or stun gun within the corporate limits of the Municipality. (b) This section does not apply wben firearms or stun guns are used in self de- fense, in the discharge of official duty or when otherwise lawfully authorized. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth de- gree. Section 8. Section 549.27, Failure to Secure Weapons; Minors and Incompetent Persons, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 549.27 FAILURE TO SECURE WEAPONS; MINORS AND INCOMPETENT PERSONS. (a) All firearms and deadly weapons must be secured in a manner which pro- hibits the accessibility, acquisition and/or use of such item by any minor or in- competent person. (b) Firearms furnished to a person under age eighteen (18) must be in accord- ance with Ohio Revised Code Section 2923.21. (c) Any person who owns or possesses a firearm and/or deadly weapon and fails to comply with paragraph (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. is hereby repealed, and new Section 549.27, Failure to Secure Weapons; Minors and Incompetent Persons, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood is hereby enacted to read as follows: 549.27 FAILURE TO SECURE WEAPONS; MINORS AND INCOMPETENT PERSONS. (a) All firearms, stun guns and deadly weapons must be secured in a manner which prohibits the - accessibility, acquisition and /or use of such item by any minor or incompetent person. (b) Firearms furnished to a person under age eighteen (18) must be in accord- ance with Ohio Revised Code Section 2923.21. (c) Any person who owns or possesses a firearm, stun gun and/or deadly weapon and fails to comply with paragraph (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Section 9. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were passed in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such actions were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with legal requirements. Section 10. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law.