As used in this Article:
Any instrument that is designed or adapted for the purpose
of stunning or inflicting physical injury by striking a person, and
which is readily capable of lethal use;
Any firearm with a barrel less than sixteen inches in length,
measured from the face of the bolt or standing breech;
To alter or destroy the manufacturer's or importer's serial
number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark;
Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb or similar
device designed or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death, serious
physical injury, or substantial property damage; or any device designed
or adapted for delivering or shooting such a weapon;
Any weapon that is designed or adapted to expel a projectile
by the action of an explosive;
Any instrument, attachment, or appliance that is designed
or adapted to muffle the noise made by the firing of any firearm;
Any gas ejection device, weapon, cartridge, container or
contrivance other than a gas bomb, that is designed or adapted for
the purpose of ejecting any poison gas that will cause death or serious
physical injury, but not any device that ejects a repellant or temporary
incapacitating substance;
Substantially impaired mental or physical capacity resulting
from introduction of any substance into the body;
Any dagger, dirk, stiletto, or bladed hand instrument that
is readily capable of inflicting serious physical injury or death
by cutting or stabbing a person. For purposes of this chapter, "knife"
does not include any ordinary pocket knife with no blade more than
four inches in length;
Any instrument that consists of finger rings or guards made
of a hard substance that is designed or adapted for the purpose of
inflicting serious physical injury or death by striking a person with
a fist enclosed in the knuckles;
Any firearm that is capable of firing more than one shot
automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the
trigger;
Any bow, crossbow, pellet gun, slingshot or other weapon
that is not a firearm, which is capable of expelling a projectile
that could inflict serious physical injury or death by striking or
piercing a person;
Any firearm designed or adapted to be fired from the shoulder
and to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge
to fire a projectile through a rifled bore by a single function of
the trigger;
A barrel length of less than sixteen inches for a rifle and
eighteen inches for a shotgun, both measured from the face of the
bolt or standing breech, or an overall rifle or shotgun length of
less than twenty-six (26) inches;
Any firearm designed or adapted to be fired from the shoulder
and to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to
fire a number of shot or a single projectile through a smooth bore
barrel by a single function of the trigger;
Any fused, timed or nonmanually controlled trap or device
designed or adapted to set off an explosion for the purpose of inflicting
serious physical injury or death;
Any knife which has a blade that folds or closes into the
handle or sheath, and
A.
A person
commits an offense if he knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports,
repairs, or sells:
1.
An explosive weapon;
2.
A machine gun;
3.
A gas gun;
4.
A short barreled rifle or shotgun;
5.
A firearm silencer;
6.
A switchblade knife;
7.
A bullet or projectile which explodes or detonates upon impact because
of an independent explosive charge after having been shot from a firearm;
or
8.
Knuckles.
B.
A person
does not commit an offense under this Section if his conduct:
1.
Was incident to the performance of official duty by the armed forces,
national guard, a governmental Law Enforcement Agency, or a penal
institution; or
2.
Was incident to engaging in a lawful commercial or business transaction
with an organization enumerated in Subdivision (1) of this Section;
or
3.
Was incident to using an explosive weapon in a manner reasonably
related to a lawful industrial or commercial enterprise; or
4.
Was incident to displaying the weapon in a public museum or exhibition;
or
5.
Was incident to dealing with the weapon solely as a curio, ornament, or keepsake, or to using it in a manner reasonably related to a lawful dramatic performance; but if the weapon is a type described in Subdivision (1), (3) or (5) of Subsection (1) of this Section it must be in such a non-functioning condition that it cannot readily be made operable. No short barreled rifle, short barreled shotgun, or machine gun may be possessed, manufactured, transported, repaired or sold as a curio, ornament, or keepsake, unless such person is an importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector licensed by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Gun Control Act of 1968, U.S.C., Title 18, or unless such firearm is an "antique firearm" as defined in Subsection (3) of section 571.080, or unless such firearm has been designated a "collectors item" by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the U.S.C., Title 26, Section 5845 (a).
A.
A person
commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons if he knowingly:
1.
Carries concealed upon or about his person a knife, a firearm, a
blackjack or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use; or
2.
Sets a spring gun; or
3.
Discharges or shoots a firearm into a dwelling house, a railroad
train, boat, aircraft, or motor vehicle as defined in Section 302.010,
RSMo, or any building or structure used for the assembling of people;
or
4.
Exhibits, in the presence of one or more persons, any weapon readily
capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner; or
5.
Possesses or discharges a firearm or projectile weapon while intoxicated;
or
6.
Discharges a firearm within one hundred yards of any occupied school
house, courthouse, or church building; or
7.
Discharges or shoots a firearm at a mark, at any object, or at random,
on, along or across a public highway or discharges or shoots a firearm
into any outbuilding; or
8.
Carries a firearm or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use
into any church or place where people have assembled for worship,
or into any school, or into any election precinct on any election
day, or into any building owned or occupied by any agency of the federal
government, State government, or political subdivision thereof, or
into any public assemblage of persons met for any lawful purpose.
B.
Subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (6), (7) and (8) of Subsection (A) of this Section shall not apply to or affect any of the following:
1.
All State, county and municipal law enforcement officers possessing
the duty and power of arrest for violation of the general criminal
laws of the State or for violation of ordinances of counties or municipalities
of the State, or any person summoned by such officers to assist in
making arrests or preserving the 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;
3.
Members of the armed forces or national guard while performing their
official duty;
4.
Those persons vested by Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution of Missouri with the judicial power of the State;
5.
Any person whose bona fide duty is to execute process, civil or criminal.
C.
Subdivisions (1), (5) and (8) of Subsection (A) of this Section do not apply when the actor is transporting such weapons in a non-functioning State or in an unloaded State when ammunition is not readily accessible or when such weapons are not readily accessible. Subdivision (1) of Subsection (1) of this Section does not apply when the actor is also in possession of an exposed firearm or projectile weapon for the lawful pursuit of game, or is in his dwelling unit or upon business premises over which the actor has possession, authority or control, or is traveling in a continuous journey peaceably through this State.
A person commits the offense of defacing a firearm if he knowingly
defaces any firearm.
A person commits the offense of possession of a defaced firearm
if he knowingly possesses a firearm which is defaced.
A.
A person
commits the offense of unlawful transfer of weapons if he:
1.
Knowingly sells, leases, loans, gives away or delivers a firearm
or ammunition for a firearm to any person who, under the provisions
of Section 571.070, RSMo., is not lawfully entitled to possess such;
2.
Knowingly sells, leases, loans, gives away or delivers a blackjack
to a person less than eighteen years old without the consent of the
child's custodial parent or guardian, or recklessly, as defined in
Section 562.016, RSMo, sells, leases, loans, gives away or delivers
any firearm to a person less than eighteen years old without the consent
of the child's custodial parent or guardian; provided, that this does
not prohibit the delivery of such weapons to any peace officer or
member of the armed forces or national guard while performing his
official duty; or
3.
Recklessly, as defined in Section 562.016, RSMo, sells, leases, loans,
gives away or delivers a firearm or ammunition for a firearm to a
person who is intoxicated.
[Ord. No. 03-36 §1, 11-18-2003]
A.
No
person who has been issued a concealed carry endorsement by the Missouri
Director of Revenue under Sections 571.101 to 571.121, RSMo., or who
has been issued a valid permit or endorsement to carry concealed firearms
issued by another State or political subdivision of another State,
shall, by authority of that endorsement or permit, be allowed to carry
a concealed firearm or to openly carry a firearm in any building or
portion of a building owned, leased or controlled by the City.
B.
Signs
shall be posted at each entrance of a building entirely owned, leased
or controlled by the City stating that carrying of firearms is prohibited.
Where the City owns, leases or controls only a portion of a building,
signs shall be posted at each entrance to that portion of the building
stating that carrying of firearms is prohibited.
C.
This
Section shall not apply to buildings used for public housing by private
persons, highways or rest areas, firing ranges or private dwellings
owned, leased or controlled by the City unless used for Law Enforcement
or correctional purposes.
D.
Any
person violating this Section may be denied entrance to the building
or ordered to leave the building. Any City employee violating this
Section may be disciplined. No other penalty shall be imposed for
a violation of this Section.
E.
No
person who has been issued a certificate of qualification which allows
the person to carry a concealed firearm before the Director of Revenue
beings issuing concealed carry endorsements in July, 2004, shall,
by authority of that certificate, be allowed to carry a concealed
firearm or to openly carry a firearm in any building or portion of
a building owned, leased or controlled in whole or part by the City.
[1]
State Law Reference — Note that the provisions of L.
2003 H.B. 349, et al, has been codified as §§571.101 through
571.121, RSMo., as amended.
