[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Lower Merion 4-24-1950 by Ord. No. 966.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful and it is hereby prohibited for any person, persons,
firms or corporations to store, sell or offer or expose for sale at retail
or have in their possession with intent to sell at retail or with intent to
use in the Township of Lower Merion any air gun, air pistol or spring gun
or any implement not a firearm which impels with force a pellet of any kind.
"At retail" shall mean any sale of less than one dozen such articles or any
sale to anyone not a bona fide dealer therein.
[Added 1-24-2004 by Ord. No. 3700]
A.
It shall be unlawful and it is hereby prohibited for
any person, persons, firms or corporations to store, sell or offer or expose
for sale at retail or have in their possession in the Township of Lower Merion
any air gun, air pistol or spring gun or any implement not a firearm which
impels with force a pellet of any kind. "At retail" shall mean any sale of
less than one dozen such articles or any sale to anyone not a bona fide dealer
therein.
B.
It shall be illegal to have in one's possession
a paintball gun or paintball marker on a highway in Lower Merion Township,
unless the paintball gun or marker is unloaded, and the propellant canister
is either empty or removed from the device.
The Superintendent of Police is hereby authorized to seize, remove and
destroy any air gun, air pistol or spring gun or any implement not a firearm
which impels with force a pellet of any kind which shall be used or discharged
in the Township of Lower Merion or which shall be held and possessed in violation
of this chapter.
[Amended 9-21-1977 by Ord. No. 1802; 8-3-1988
by Ord. No. 3104]
Any person or persons, association or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine or penalty of not exceeding
$1,000, to be collected before any District Justice as like fines or penalties
are collectible.
