File #: 5865    Version: Name: JaCo Code Chapter 55 - Firearm Age Restrictions
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/15/2024 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 9/30/2024 Final action: 11/4/2024
Title: AN ORDINANCE enacting section 5577., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to possession of firearms and age restriction.
Sponsors: Manuel Abarca IV
Indexes: FIREARMS, JACKSON COUNTY CODE
Attachments: 1. 5865 Signed, 2. 5865 RLA, 3. 5865 Legal Opinion County Counselor, 4. 5865 Frank White Message
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IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE enacting section 5577., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to possession of firearms and age restriction.

Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5865, July 22, 2024

INTRODUCED BY Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, on February 14, 2024, during the Chiefs' Championship Parade, a shooting was perpetrated that resulted in one death and twenty-two gunshot injuries; and,

WHEREAS, two of the alleged perpetrators of this heinous shooting were juveniles under the age of majority; and,

WHEREAS, the threat and reality of gun violence perpetrated by juvenile offenders is a growing and critical concern in Jackson County; and,


WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Jackson County Legislature to ensure the safety and security of all of Jackson County citizens; and,

WHEREAS, the Legislature desires to create a new section in Chapter 55 regarding possession of firearms and age restriction; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause.
Section 5577., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby enacted, to read as follows:
5577. Firearms and Age Restriction.
Possession of a handgun or semiautomatic assault rifle by minor persons.
(1) A person under twenty-one years of age may not purchase a handgun or handgun ammunition, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may sell or transfer a handgun or handgun ammunition to a person under twenty-one years of age.
(2) No person may recklessly sell, lease, loan, give or transfer any firearm to another person less than eighteen years of age without the express permission of that person's custodial parent or legal guardian.
(3) A person at least eighteen years of age, but less than twenty-one years of age, may not possess a semiautomatic assault rifle except under the following conditions are met:
(a) In attendance at a firearms safety course; or,
(b) Engaging in practice...

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