(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall sell or offer to sell a paint pellet gun to any person under sixteen years of age. (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the term 'paint pellet gun' means a gun, air gun, pistol, rifle, or like device in appearance or function, capable of and designed for discharging and propelling through the air to a target a small quantity of paint enclosed within a pellet or pellet-like device or capsule or capsule-like device that breaks upon impact with the target, overspreading the target with paint. (c) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars.
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