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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Holton
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Weapons - Paintball, Pellet Guns
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the possession, sale or transfer, or discharge of paintball guns and similar devices; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain related provisions governing gas- and air-pellet devices; and generally relating to guns and other devices that discharge pellets and other objects.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 59-26
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
BY adding
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 59-26.1
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 19. Police Ordinances
Subtitle 59. Weapons
ยง 59-26. Gas- or air-pellet guns.
(A) DEFINITIONS.
(1) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(2) "GAS- OR AIR-PELLET GUN".
"GAS- OR AIR-PELLET GUN" MEAN ANY GUN OR OTHER DEVICE, BY WHATEVER NAME OR DESCRIPTION KNOWN, THAT DISCHARGES A PELLET OR OTHER OBJECT BY FORCE OF GAS OR AIR CYLINDER OR CARTRIDGE.
(3) "PERSON".
"PERSON" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP, FIRM, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, LIMITED...
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