Jackson County Missouri - File #: 4595

• File #: 4595
• Version: 0
• Name: Repealing section 5534., Jaco code, 1984 Petty offenses
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/2/2013
• In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
• On agenda: 12/2/2013
• Final action: 12/9/2013
• Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing section 5534., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to weapons offenses and enacting one new section relating to the same subject, with a penalty provision.
• Sponsors: Greg Grounds, Dennis Waits, Crystal Williams, Theresa Garza Ruiz
• Indexes: JACKSON COUNTY CODE, WEAPONS OFFENSES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/9/2013	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
12/9/2013	0	Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
12/9/2013	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
12/9/2013	0	County Legislature	suspend the rules to consider final passage	Pass
12/9/2013	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda	Pass
12/9/2013	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
12/6/2013	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
12/2/2013	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
AN ORDINANCE repealing section 5534., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to weapons offenses and enacting one new section relating to the same subject, with a penalty provision.


Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 4595, December 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY Gregg Grounds, Dennis Waits, Crystal Williams, and Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislators


Body
WHEREAS, the Sheriff has advised that it has received several recent reports of weapons being discharged in such a manner that the rounds travel from the parcel of land on which the shooter is located onto an adjoining property; and

WHEREAS, such discharges have alarmed neighbors and potentially endangered public health and safety; and

WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends an amendment to the County's weapons ordinance, to make more objective and definite the areas of the County in which such discharges are prohibited; and

WHEREAS, such amendment will make violations of the weapons ordinance more readily provable in County municipal court; now therefore

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 5534., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed, and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 5534., to read as follows:

5534. Weapons Offenses.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
a. Blackjack/Martial Arts Instrument.
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, i.e. numchucks, throwing stars, slapper, blackjack, etc.

b. Firearm.
Any weapon that is designed or adapted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.

c. Gas Gun.
Any gas ejection device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance, other than a gas bomb, that is designed or adapted for the ...