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ORDINANCE N0.1712
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING CHAPTER 10.48 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT THE
SALE TO MINORS OF DEVICES OR INSTRUMENTS CAPABLE OF EXPELLING A
NON-METALLIC PROJECTILE AT 100 FEET PER SECOND OR MORE
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. The State of California has adopted extensive regulations governing the sale
and possession of firearms to the minors. Among those restrictions are prohibitions on sales or
provision ofBB devices, which are defined as capable of expelling a metallic projectile, and pistols
or revolvers, which are defined as operating with an explosion or combustion. However, use of
weapons that expel non-metallic projectiles by means of compressed air or gas, electrical
mechanisms, and spring loading have become increasingly popular. While manufacturers have
attempted to warn both vendors and purchasers that these weapons are nottoys, some have ignored
these warnings and continued to provide them to minors without restriction. Neither the State nor
the Federal government has taken any steps to restrain their distribution to minors. In 1994, the
State Legislature deleted "air gun" and "gas -operated" weapons from the BB gun restrictions, and
thereby dropped its preemption of local regulation. This ordinance is intended to put in place the
restrictions that manufacturers already attempt to place by means of warnings.
Section 2. Section 10.48.050 is added to read as follows:
10.48.050 Projectile weapons—Sale to minors.
(a) It is unlawful for an
y person to sell, give, or loan to any person under the age of
eighteen (18) years any device or instrument capable of launching
anon -metallic projectile by or
from such a device or instrument with a muzzle or exit velocity of 100 feet per second or faster by
any means other than
combustion.
(b) This section does not apply to the transfer of such a device or instrument to a minor by
the minor's parent or legal guardian.
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Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required bylaw,
I, DORIS MORTENSEN, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 19'b day of May, 2003, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 2nd day of June, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, O'MAHONY
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALLIGAN, JANNEY
City Clerk
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