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A. Criminal carrying of a weapon is knowingly carrying:

1. Any bludgeon, sandclub, metal knuckles or throwing star;

2. Concealed on one’s person, a billy, blackjack, slungshot or any other, dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character;

3. On one’s person or in any land, water or air vehicle, with intent to use the same unlawfully, a tear gas or smoke bomb or projector or any object containing a noxious liquid, gas or substance.

B. Subsection A. shall not apply to:

1. Law enforcement officers, or any person summoned by any such officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while actually engaged in assisting such officer;

2. Wardens, superintendents, directors, security personnel and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of crime, while acting within the scope of their authority;

3. Members of the armed services or reserve forces of the United States or the Kansas national guard while in the performance of their official duty; or

4. The manufacture of, transportation to, or sale of weapons to a person authorized under subsections B.1, B.2 and B.3 to possess such weapons.

C. Criminal carrying of a weapon is a Class A violation. (Ord. 16-27 § 2, 2016; Ord. 15-66 § 21, 2015; Ord. 14-42 § 5, 2014; Ord. 10-71 § 3, 2010; Ord. 09-59 § 9, 2009; Ord. 94-89 § 3, 1994; Ord. 94-08 § 2, 1994; Ord. 93-09 § 27, 1993; Ord. 83-75 § 2, 1983.)