For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Air gun.
Any gun, rifle or pistol, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of compressed air or gas, or by the action of a spring or elastic, but does not mean a firearm.
Dealer.
Any person engaged in the business of selling at retail or renting any of the articles designated in this section.
(Ordinance 225, § 1)
A violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Each day any violation of any provision of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 58-53, § 21, adopted 9/6/1990)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell, lend, rent, give or otherwise transfer any air gun to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years where the dealer knows or has reasonable cause to believe the person to be under eighteen (18) years of age or where such dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry relative to the age of such person and such person is under eighteen (18) years of age.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to give, lend or otherwise transfer any air gun to any person under eighteen (18) years of age, except where the relationship of parent and child, guardian and ward or adult instructor and pupil exists between such person and the person under eighteen (18) years of age.
(Ordinance 225, § 2)
It shall be lawful for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to have in his possession any of the articles in section 24-13 if the article is:
(a) 
Kept within his domicile.
(b) 
Used by the person under eighteen (18) years of age and he is a duly enrolled member of any club, team or society organized for educational purposes and maintaining as part of its facilities or having written permission to use an indoor or outdoor rifle range, to possess, load and fire at such rifle range under the supervision, guidance and instruction of a responsible adult.
(c) 
Used in or on any private grounds or residence under circumstances when such an article can be fired, discharged or operated in such a manner as not to endanger persons or property and also in such manner as to prevent the projectile from traversing any grounds or space outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
(Ordinance 225, § 3)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to carry any air gun on the streets, alleys, public roads or public lands within the city unless accompanied by an adult; provided that such person under eighteen (18) years of age may carry such air gun, unloaded in a suitable case or securely wrapped.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air gun from or across any street, sidewalk, alley or public land, or any public place, except on a properly constructed target range.
(Ordinance 225, § 4)