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(Pub 1 i shed in the Da i 1 y '-R-e-e-e-f'-tl- the CW1 day of tfk>lInnht"ll' 1981)
THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS
ORDINANCE NO.~
AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO WEAPONS; PROVIDING FOR THE UNLAWFUL
USE; DESCRIBING ACTS WHICH CONSTITUTE UNLAWFUL USE; PROVIDING
FOR EX~MPTIONS THERETO AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Be It Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas:
SECTION 1. Weapons--Unlawful use prohibited. It is unlawful
for anyone within tne Clty to unlawfully use any weapons.
SECTION II. Acts Constituting unlawful use.
weapons is knowingly:
A. Selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing or
carrying any bludgeon, sandclub, shotgun with a barrel less than eighte~n
inches in length, metal knuckles or any knife, commonly referred to as a
switchblade, which has a blade that open automatically by hand pressure
applied to a button, spring or other device in the handles of the knife,
or any knife having a blade that opens or falls or is ejected into position
by the force of gravity or by an outward, downward, or centrifugal thrust
or movem~nt; or
Unl awful use of
B. Carrying concealed on one's person, or possessing
wi.th intent to use the same unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk,
billy, blackjack, sling shot, dangerous knife, straight-edged razor,
stiletto or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like
character; provided, an ordinary knife with no blade more than four inches
in length shall not be construed to be a dangerous knife, or a dangerous
or deadly weapon or instrument; or
C. Carrying on one's person or in any land, water or
air vehicle, with intent to use the same unlawfully, a tear gas or smoke
bomb or projector or any object containing a noxious liquid, gas or
substance; or
D. Carrying any pistol, revolver or other firearm
concealed on the person except when on his land or in his abode or fixed
place of business; or
E. Setting a spring gun; or
F. Possessing any device or attachment of any kind
designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report of any firearm; or
G. Selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possession or
carrying any firearms designed to discharge or capable of discharging
automatically more than once by a single function of the trigger; or
H. Carrying either concealed or unconcealed weapons
On one's person or in any land, water or air vehicle, any loaded firearm
of any kind,
SECTION III. Exemptions from Ordinance applicability.
A. Subsection A, B, C, D, and G of Section Two (2)
shall not apply to or affect any of the following:
1. Law enforcement officer, or any person
summonded by any such officers to assist in making arrests or preserving
th peace while actually engaged in assisting such officer;
2. Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention
of persons accused or convicted of crime;
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3. Members of the armed services or reserve
forces of the United States or the Kansas National Guard while in
performance of their official duty;
4. Manufacture of, transportation to, or sale of
weapons to persons authorized under 1 through 3 of this subsection to
possess such weapons.
B. Subsection D of Section Two (2) shall not apply
to or affect the following;
1. Watchmen while actuall,y engaged in the
performance of the duties of their employment; or
2.
in hunting or fishing; or
Licensed hunters or fishermen while engaged
3. Persons 1 icensed as private detectives by
the state, detectives or special agents regularly employed by railroad
companies or other corporations to perform full-time security or
investigation. service.
an exemption.
C. It shall be a defense if the defendant is within
SECTION IV. Violation--Pena1tY--Destruction of weapons authorized
when. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed Five hundred dollars ($500.00). In addition to
the penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter,
the jUdge of the municipal court may order any such weapons as provided
in this chapter to be forfeited to the city, and the same shall be
destroyed or caused to be destroyed by the chief of police whenever such
weapon is no longer needed as evidence.
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