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Sec. 19-85.1. Same—Sale of firearms, dirks or Bowie knives—
Permit required.

No person shall sell firearms, dirks or Bowie knives without
having first procured the annual written consent of the city
manager to engage in such business. This same consent shall
be used by such person in applying for his business license
under the License Tax Ordinance.

The city manager shall refuse to grant a permit to any
person who: (1) Is not of good moral repute or character;
or (2) has been convicted in any court of record of a crime
of violence or of a crime involving moral turpitude; or
(3) is a drug addict, habitual drunkard or mentally incompetent;
or (4) has been convicted of the sale of firearms, dirks
or Bowie knives without a permit authorizing such sale. (5-762;
5-1-67.)