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Page 22 City of Mounds View <br />702.01 702.01 <br /> <br /> <br />Subd. 12. Forgery and Related Crimes: <br /> <br /> a. 609.65 False Certification by Notary Public. <br /> <br />Subd. 13. Crimes Against Public Safety and Health: <br /> <br /> a. 609.66 Dangerous Weapons. <br /> <br /> b. Possession, Aiming or Discharging of Weapons. <br /> <br /> (1) Definitions: <br /> <br /> (a) AIR GUN: Any air rifle, air gun, BB gun, spring gun or similar device for the <br />propulsion of shot or other metal pellet by means of compressed air or mechanical <br />spring action. <br /> <br /> (b) SWITCHBLADE: Any knife with a blade which moves into a fixed open <br />position by mechanical device known as a switchblade knife. <br /> <br /> (c) WEAPON: Any gun, pistol, revolver, slingshot, sand club, metal knuckles, <br />daggers, dirk and knife. <br /> <br /> (2) It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of the Municipality to <br />handle or have in their possession or under their control any weapon, air gun, switchblade <br />knife or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. <br /> <br /> (3) Any such weapon, air gun or switchblade knife duly adjudged by the court to <br />have been handled or held in possession or under a person's control in violation of <br />subdivision 13b2 above shall be forfeited or confiscated to the Municipality and shall be so <br />adjudged. <br /> <br /> (4) Any duly authorized peace officer within the Municipality may, within the limits <br />of said Municipality without a warrant, arrest any person whom such officer may find in any <br />act of violating subdivision 13b2 above and may detain a person in the Municipal jail or any <br />other place of legal confinement until a warrant can be procured or complaint made for the <br />trial of such person as required by law. <br /> <br /> (5) The prohibition of this subdivision shall not apply to duly authorized police <br />officers of the Municipality when on duty nor to any officer of any court whose duty shall <br />be to serve warrants or to make arrests nor to persons whose business or occupation may <br />require the carrying of weapons for protection and who shall have obtained from the <br />Council a permit to handle or have in their possession or control any described weapon, air <br />gun or switchblade knife.