IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 5534., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to weapons offenses, and enacting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the same subject, with a penalty provision.
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ORDINANCE # 3866, January 8, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Legislature believes that the carrying of "stun guns" or "tasers" into the courthouses, other public buildings including the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex, and county parks, constitutes a hazard to the public health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County, and should be banned; 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 Section 5534., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 5534., to read as follows:
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 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.
d. Knife.
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 ...
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