File #: 230643    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/2/2023 In control: Council
On agenda: 8/10/2023 Final action: 8/10/2023
Title: Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by repealing and enacting a new Section 50-272 relating to the unlawful transfer of weapons to minor.
Sponsors: Quinton Lucas, Andrea Bough, Ryana Parks-Shaw
Attachments: 1. Docket Memo 230643, 2. Authenticated Ordinance 230643
ORDINANCE NO. 230643

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by repealing and enacting a new Section 50-272 relating to the unlawful transfer of weapons to minor.

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WHEREAS, youth violence is on the rise in Kansas City; and

WHEREAS, eight (8) individuals under the age of eighteen (18) were homicide suspects in 2022; and

WHEREAS, ten (10) individuals under the of eighteen (18) were murdered in 2022; and

WHEREAS, as of July 21st, there have already been nine (9) homicide victims under the age of 18 in 2023; and

WHEREAS, Section 571.060 of the Missouri Revised Statutes prohibits the sale, lease, loan, giving away, or delivery of any firearm to a person less than eighteen years old without the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian; and

WHEREAS, for the purposes of Missouri's prohibition on delivering firearms to minors, Section 571.010 defines "firearm" as "any weapon that is designed or adapted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;" and

WHEREAS, Section 21.750 of the Missouri Revised Statutes permits political subdivisions to pass any ordinance that conforms exactly with any of the provisions of sections 571.010 to 571.070;" NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing and enacting a new Section 50-272, Unlawful transfer of weapons; parental or guardian consent for delivery of a firearm to minors; failure to report stolen or lost firearm, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:

Sec. 50-272. Unlawful transfer of weapons; parental or guardian consent for delivery of a
firearm to minors; failure to report stolen or lost firearm.

(a) Definitions.

(1) Recklessly. The word "re...

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