8468-94 Amending Chapter 13 of the South Bend Municipal Code Selected Weapons & Instruments of Violence Prohibited

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I Anti-Crime Ordinance Page 6 Sec. 13-96 and Sec. 13-97 Reserved for Future Use. Division IL Access to Firearms by Minors Prohibited. Sec. 13-98 Public Policy and Findings of the Council. (a) Negligently stored firearms and ammunition, which enable minors to gain access to them, is irresponsible behavior which encourages accidents. (b) The Council believes that such irresponsible conduct by adult citizens should be prohibited, and that appropriate penalties should be imposed for corrective action. Sec. 13-99 Definitions. The definitions set forth in Division I of this Article, where applicable, shall be binding on the interpretation and enforcement of this Division. Sec. 13-100 Parent and Legal Guardian Required to Properly Store Firearms/Ammunition; Dealers to Conspicuously Display Signs. 2 (a) No person, including but not limited to parent(s) or legal guardian(s), shall store, leave, or give a loaded or unloaded firearm(s) and ammunition used by such firearm(s) in any place where the person knows, or reasonably should know based on the totality of the circumstances, that a minor is able to gain access to such firearm(s) and/or ammunition. (b) All persons purchasing firearm(s) within the city, must provide written proof that he or she has successfully completed a National Rifle Association (or comparable agency) firearms safety instruction program on the proper use and storage of such firearm(s). Written proof of such training must be turned into the front desk of the South Bend Police Department within sixty (60) days from the date of said purchase. (c) Any licensed firearm dealer doing business in the city must conspicuously post, at every purchase counter in every store, shop, or sales outlet, signs with the following warning in block letters not less than one inch(1")in height: "IT IS A VIOLATION OF CITY OF SOUTH BEND CODE § 13-100 TO STORE OR LEAVE A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION WHERE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE CAN OBTAIN ACCESS." "ALL PERSONS PURCHASING FIREARMS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TO THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT WRITTEN PROOF OF SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING AN APPROVED FIREARMS SAFETY INSTRUCTION SESSION ON THE PROPER USE AND STORAGE OF SUCH FIREARMS WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE."