Ord 2972 4/22/1975 ORDINANCE NO. 2972
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24-8 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, WHICH REGULATES SALE OF
PISTOLS, TO EXEMPT ANTIQUES AND REPLICAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Subsection (a) of Section 24-8 of the Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended to read as follows:
" (a) Definitions :
Retailer. The word 'retailer' shall include any person
engaged in selling of any items, new or used, in single lots ,
regardless of price, to persons not commonly known to be in
the business of retail selling.
Pistol. The word 'pistol' shall include any pistol,
derringer or revolver, except that in this ordinance it shall
not include any antique pistol.
Antique Pistol. The term ' antique pistol' means :
(1) Any pistol (including any pistol with a match-
lock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition
system) manufactured in or before 1898 , and
(2) Any replica of any pistol described in Para-
graph (1) if such replica
(A) is not designed or redesigned for using
rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or
(B) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire
fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United
States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels
of commercial trade. "
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 22nd day of April, 1975.
M A Y
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK