If any person shall sell, or offer, or expose for sale any toy pistol, or cartridges, or other contrivance by which such pistols are fired or made to cause an explosion, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three days nor more than thirty days, or both.
It is expressly provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the sale, or offering, or exposure for sale of any toy cap pistols, or other devices, in which paper caps manufactured in accordance with United States Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing or shipping of toy paper caps are used or exploded, and the sale of such toy cap pistols is hereby declared to be permissible.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives
§ 97-37-9. Deadly weapons; defenses against indictment for carrying deadly weapon
§ 97-37-13. Deadly weapons; weapons and cartridges not to be given to minor or intoxicated person
§ 97-37-15. Parent or guardian not to permit minor son to have or carry weapon; penalty
§ 97-37-19. Deadly weapons; exhibiting in threatening manner
§ 97-37-21. Explosives and weapons of mass destruction; false report of placing
§ 97-37-25. Explosives and weapons of mass destruction; unlawful use
§ 97-37-27. Fireworks; unlawful to explode in certain places
§ 97-37-29. Shooting into dwelling house
§ 97-37-31. Silencers on firearms; manufacture, sale, possession or use unlawful
§ 97-37-33. Toy pistols; sale of pistol or cartridges prohibited; cap pistols excepted