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National Gr.pblCl8 Cprp., ColB:, O. ~ Form No,' ZII08oA'
Ordinance No.___qll_~__E~_ Passed______ __________1(Q________"_______~_____._19 ~-~.
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING SELLERS AND TRANSFERORS OF
WEAPONS TO OBTAIN A LICENSE PRIOR TO SALE OR TRANS-
FER WITHIN THE VILLAGE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Village of Dublin, State
of Ohio, 10 of the elected members concurring:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of
selling, or to sell, or to give away to any person, within the Village, any
pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie knife, dirk or other weapon of like char-
acter, which can be concealed on the person, or any rifle, shotgun or other
long-gun, nor shall any person doing business as a pawnbroker sell or give
away or permit to be redeemed or removed from deposit or pledge, any of the
deadly weapons hereinabove mentioned, without securing a license to do so.
SECTION 2. Any person desiring a license authorizing the sale, disposition
or redemption, or removal from deposit or pledge, of any of the deadly weapons
mentioned in Section1 shall make application in writing to the City Manager,
setting out in such application the full name, Social Security number, and
residence of the applicant, if an individual, and if a firm or corporation,
the names and residences of each of its members or officers. Such application
shall also set out the location at which it is intended or desired to con-
duct such business. Each applicant shall complete a fingerprint identifica-
tion card on a form equivalent to those provided by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to law enforcement agencies. Every applicant shall be required
to submit to a background check and check of his/her fingerprint with those
on file with any law enforcement authority if deemed necessary. Upon the
I receipt of such application, it shall be the duty of the City Manager to
issue a license to the applicant upon his payment to the Village of the
annual license fee of five dollars ($5.00).
SECTION 3. Every person who is licensed to deal in the deadly weapons de-
scribed in Section 1 shall make out and deliver to the City Manager, every
day before the hour of 12:00 noon, a legible and correct report of every sale,
gift, redemption from deposit, or pledge made under authority of such license,
during the preceding twenty-four hours. The report shall contain the date of
such sale, gift, redemption from deposit, or pledge; the name of the weapon
as described in Section 1; the purchaser, donee or redeemer, with his address
and age; the number, kind, description and price of such weapon; the number
of the purchaser's, donee's or redeemer's permit; and the purpose given by
such person for the acquisition of such weapon. The report shall be sub-
stantially in the following form:
No. Permit
No. Weapon
Name of purchaser, donee or redeemer
Address
Age
I Kind or description of weapon
For what purpose acquired
SECTION 4. In case the City Manager shall be satisfied that such app~icant
has violated any provisions of Section 1 through Section 3, he shall ~evoke
the license of such person and the money paid for such license shall be for-
feited to the Village. No other license shall be issued to such licensee for
the period of three years thereafter.
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SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the City Manager to refuse the permit
required by this Ordinance to the following persons:
(a) All persons having been convicted of any crime other than
minor traffic and other petty offenses; and
(b) All minors; and
(c) All transient persons having no established domicile or
I abode and whose information on the application for this
license or permit cannot be subjected to verification by
the Dublin Police Department or City Manager.
Otherwise it shall be the duty of the City Manager to grant such permit
for a fee of five dollars ($5.00).
SECTION 6. Bonafide collectors of firearms and individuals engaged in a
casual exchange or gift transaction not involving the sale of firearms
shall be exemptofrom the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 7. That sale of weapons, as defined herein, in violation of the
provisions hereof shall be a misdemeanor of the third degree, and the
offender shall be fine not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than
sixty (60) days or both.
SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall be deemed to be an emergency measure
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety,
and welfare, therefore, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force immediately upon its passage.
Passed this ~ day of T ' 1980.
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Ma or - Pres~ng'Officer
ATTEST:
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Clerk of Council
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