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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 0573C t • +~ ORDINANCE N0. 573 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE T0, USE BY, OR POSSESSION BY, ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, OF ANY FIREARMS, SPRING GUN, AIR RIFLE, SLING SHOT, OR AMMUNITION, GdITHIN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD. The City Council of the City of Lynvrood does ordain as follows: Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in section ~ hereof, it shall be unlawful in the incorporated territory of said City of Lynwood, for any person, firm, or corporation, to sell, give, loan, or in any way furnish, or to cause or permit to be sold, given, loaned, or in any way furnished, to any person under the age of eighteen years, any gun, revolver, pistol, fire- arm, spring gun, air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended, to discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile. Section 2. Except as otherwise provided in section 4 hereof, it shall be unlawful ih the incorporated territory of said City of Lynwood, for any person, firm, or corporation, to sell, give, loan, or in any way furnish, or to cause or permit to be sold, given, loaned, or in any way furnished, to any person under the age of eighteen years, any cartridge,_shell, ammunition, or device contain- ing any explosive substance, designed or intended to be used in, or fired from, any gun, revolver, pistol, or firearm. Section 3. Except as otherwise provided in section W hereof, it shall be unlawful in said City of Lynwood for any person under the age of eighteen years to fire, discharge, shoot, or operate, or to assist or participate in the firing, discharging, shooting, or operating, or to have in hie or her possession, care, custody, or control, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended, to discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile, or any cartridge, -1- shell, ammunition, or device containing any explosive substance, designed or intended to be used in or fired from, any gun, revolver, pistol, or firearm, Section 4. Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed or construed to prohibit in said City of Lynwood the selling, giving, loaning, or furnishing to any person under the age of eighteen years, upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person, any article mentioned in sections 1 and 2 hereof; nor 'to prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen ,years from having in his or her possession, care, custody or control, any article mentioned in Section 3 hereof in the event that such possession, care,. cus- tody, or control of such article is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of such person and is under the direct super- vision and control of some adult person; nor to prohibit such person from lawfully engaging in shooting at any inanimate target, or trap- shooting device while accompanied by, and under the direct care and control of, some such adult person. Section 5. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars 0500.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Lynwood or the County Jail of Los Angeles County, State of California, for a period of time not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and. imprisonrent. Section 6. Adoption Procedure. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a weekly newspaper published, printed, and circulated in the City of Lynwood, California. - 2- .. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 6th day of November, 1951, and finally adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 20th day of November 19~, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN BRUDTER, DAETWEILER, MOFFITT, SNEDDON AND WILLARD. NOES: COUNCILAiEDT NONE. ABSEDTT: COUNCILMEN NONE. All^TEST: _~'eST L~.~RK, "I~ OF LYNWOOD -3- a ~i~d~~ ~~ ~~~~~~' A ~. ~h~ °azui.rx~~agxxed., Oi~y 0~ex?~ izz ~;iec 0*.~~ a~ T~~nvr^ads asn3. ~~ ~~:~a~.a t~S.~~k ~a~' tha Oa~xn~i~. ai rsa~d 0„f;,c-,, da :zex°~~y c~xt:z~y t,h~~ ~h~ aba~~s~ s: a ~x°a~ end s~,ar~±°~s°t~ ~a~~ ®% Oa°u~s~za~~ I~:~~_~_5~3 ~ra'.a~a~ed. #;~ ~Yix; O~ E;~* On.~~~ a~ ~h~ Oiiy a ~,;y*xwoa,~ ax~t3 t~ha~ sa;n~ ~a~ ga.~s~d ar.. 4~;~~ dale a.Yad ~q, thw ~ot~ therea,r~ ~#:at~d~. ~a,ted ~h~,a 2~s, Y~ cla;~ a~~~,~,A~'.,~?[ib~r ~~s ,~~~.1,r a, ~ OLF,RK 0~ TT~TF` _ _ Or LYN