Sec. 16-10. Sale, delivery, etc., of toy firearms discharging blank or ball charges.

(a) No person shall sell, barter, exchange, furnish or dispose of, by purchase, gift or in any other manner, any toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearm, if the same shall, by means of powder or other explosive, discharge blank or ball charges. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Each sale of any of the articles hereinbefore specified to any person shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the sale of what are commonly known as cap pistols.