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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 86-60 PAGE 4 (4) Black powder, priming quills and percussion caps possessed and lawfully used to fire a cannon of a type defined in subsection (k)(3) hereof during displays, celebrations, organized matches or shoots, and target practice, and smokelsss and black powder, primers and percussions caps possessed and lawfully used as a propellant or ignition device in small-arms or small-arms ammunition; (5) Dangerous ordinance 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 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), and any amendments or additions thereto or reenactments thereof, and regulations issued thereunder (ORC 2923.11) (1) As used in Section 549.12, a"Stun Gun" means any electronic instrument, devise or thing which produces, emits or discharges any current, pulse, bolt or charge of electricity, regardless of its voltage, amperage or frequency, and which is designed or specifically adapted to stun, daze, traumatize, incapacitate or paralyze human beings. (m) As used in Section 549.12, "Criminal Offense" means any offense, other than a traffic offense, under existing Municipal Ordinances or laws of this State or the United States. SECTION 2: That there is hereby enacted a new Section 549.12 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted, to read after such enactment as follows: 549.12 POSSESSION OF AND CRIMINAL USE OF STUN GUN (A) No person shall possess or have on his person or under his control any stun gun with purpose to use it criminally. (B) Each of the following constitutes prima facie evidence of criminal purpose: (1) Possession or control of a stun gun under circumstances indicating such stun gun is intended for criminal use.