Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

Sections:
9.36.010 Definitions.
9.36.020 Purpose of Chapter.
9.36.030 Enforcement.
9.36.040 Certain Persons Not Permitted to
Sell, Transfer, Etc.
9.36.090 Delivery of Firearms to Minors
Prohibited.
9.36.100 Criminal Prosecution for Violation
of Section 9.36.090 - Admissible
Evidence.
9.36.110 Refusal to Sell Without Bona Fide
Evidence of Age.
9.36.120 False Evidence of Age.
9.36.130 Sale of Ammunition to Certain
Persons Prohibited - Exception.
9.36.010 Definitions.
Chapter 9.36
SALE OF FIREARMS
9.36.160 Dealings Without Permit
Prohibited.
9.36.170 Permit Application - Form -
Approval.
9.36.180 Permit Application - Fee.
9.36.190 Permit Application - Issuance or
Denial - Appeal.
9.36.200 Issuance - Approval of Police Chief.
9.36.210 Duration - Grounds for Revocation.
9.36.220 Persons to Whom Permits May Not
be Issued.
9.36.230 Prior Revocations of Permit -
Application.
9.36.240 Permit Nontransferable.
9.36.250 Permit Suspension for Violation.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) "Business" means retail and not wholesale business.
(2) "Convicted" means entry of plea of guilty, or found guilty by court or jury.
(3) "Firearms" means any gun, rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or any other device which projects a missile by an
explosive type of ammunition, including but not limited to firearms capable of being concealed upon the person.
(4) "Permit" means any permit issued under and as provided in this chapter.
(5) "Permittee" means any person issued a permit under the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 3124 §1, 1966;
prior Code §17.1.)
9.36.020 Purpose of Chapter.
This chapter is an exercise of the Police power of the City for the protection of the safety, welfare, health, peace
and morals of the peoples of this City, and to eliminate the evils of unregulated and unlawful selling at retail of
firearms as a business. (Ord. 3124 §2, 1966; prior Code §17.6.)
9.36.030 Enforcement.
The Tax and Permit Inspector and the Police Department are hereby designated the enforcing agencies of this
chapter. (Ord. 3763 §4, 1975; Ord. 3124 §3, 1966; prior Code §17.7.)
9.36.040 Certain Persons Not Permitted to Sell, Transfer, Etc.
No permittee under this chapter shall permit anyone, to whom the transfer of any firearm is prohibited, to sell,
deliver, lease, rent or in any manner transfer any firearm. (Ord. 3124 §4, 1966; prior Code §17.8.)
9.36.090 Delivery of Firearms to Minors Prohibited.
No person engaged in the business of selling or otherwise transferring firearms shall sell, deliver, lease, rent or in
any manner transfer, furnish, give or cause to be sold, delivered, leased, rented, transferred, furnished or given any
firearm to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years. Members of businessman's immediate family are
excepted. (Prior Code §17.9.)
9.36.100 Criminal Prosecution for Violation of Section 9.36.090 - Admissible Evidence.
In any criminal prosecution or proceeding for violation of Section 9.36.090, proof that the defendant permittee, or
his agent, demanded and was shown immediately prior to the sale or transfer of any firearm bona fide documentary
evidence of sufficient age and identity shall be a defense to the prosecution. A bona fide identity card issued by a
Federal, State, County or municipal government or subdivision or agency thereof, including but not limited to a motor
vehicle operator's license, a registration certificate issued under the Federal Selective Service Act or identification
card issued to a member of the armed forces, shall be deemed to be documentary evidence for the purpose of this
chapter. (Ord. 3124 §5, 1966; prior Code §17.10.)
211 rev. 12/31/99