§ 137.241. Trigger lock requirement for handguns.

A.

No manufacturer or dealer shall sell a handgun at retail unless at the time of the sale the dealer or manufacturer also sells to the purchaser of the handgun a trigger lock or other child-safety lock that is appropriate for the handgun or unless a trigger lock is an integral component of the handgun.

B.

No person shall purchase a handgun at retail from a manufacturer or dealer unless at the time of the sale the person also purchases from the dealer a trigger lock or other child-safety lock that is appropriate for the handgun or unless a trigger lock is an integral component of the handgun.

C.

It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that at the time of a sale of a handgun at retail the purchaser of the handgun demonstrated to the dealer who sold the handgun that the purchaser possessed a trigger lock or other child-safety lock that is appropriate for the handgun that was the subject of the sale.

D.

1.

Whoever violates subsection A of this section is guilty of selling a handgun without a trigger lock or other child safety lock, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

2.

Whoever violates subsection B of this section is guilty of purchasing a handgun without a trigger lock or child-safety lock, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(Ord. 776-99)