TITLE 10. REGULATION OF INDIVIDUALCONDUCT AND ACTIVITY
CHAPTER 10-800. SAFETY
§10-826. Sale to or Possession by Minors of Dangerous Martial Arts Weapons and Instruments. [186]
(1) No person shall knowingly sell, offer, deal in,
transfer, give, or lend to any minor, nor shall any minor use or possess, any
instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as:
(a) nunchaku,
manriki, zoobow, dagger, martial art spikes, dirk, stiletto, billy, jutte;
or
(b) cestus or sap glove or similar leather studded band with metal
fillings; or
(c) razor blade or razor blades imbedded in wood;
or
(d) any type of throwing knives, including, but not limited to,
gravity, palm, thro, tanto, or butterfly knives; or
(e) Shuriken or any
instrument without a handle consisting of a metal plate having three or more
sharp edges and designed in the shape of a polygon, trefoil, cross, star,
diamond, or other geometric shape for throwing; or
(f) a cord or wire
used for strangling, sometimes called a garrote; or
(g) any knife or
sword with a double edged blade.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to
the possession and use of any weapon or instrument by a minor on the premises of
a school which holds a regulatory or business license and teaches the art of
self-defense, nor to the possession by a martial arts student, as evidenced by
their holding an item of identification certifying that they are members of a
martial arts club or school.
(3) Any weapon or instrument in Subsection
(1) sold to or possessed by a minor in circumstances not set forth in Subsection
(2), shall be confiscated and delivered into law enforcement departmental
custody.
(4) The penalty for each violation of this Section shall be a
fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment of not
more than ninety (90) days or both.
(5) A "minor" under this Ordinance
includes all persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(6) If any
section, sub-section, clause, sentence, phrase or item is found to be unlawful
by reason of other superior laws of the United States or the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, such a determination shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Section 10-826.