N. Without prior written authorization from the President or his/her designee, possessing,
storing, controlling, or using a functioning or nonfunctioning firearm, firework,
explosive, incendiary device, or other weapon or device classified as a weapon by the
State of Nevada, or utilizing any instrument to simulate a weapon in a manner that
endangers or tends to endanger, threaten, or intimidate any person. NOTES: “Firearm”
is defined as any gun, rifle, pistol, or handgun designed to fire bullets, BBs, pellets, or
shots – including paintballs – regardless of the propellant used. “Other weapon” is
defined as any instrument of combat or any object not designed as an instrument of
combat but carried for the purpose of inflicting or threatening bodily injury. Examples
include, but are not limited to: knives with fixed blades or pocketknives with blades
longer than four inches, metal knuckles, hatchets, nunchakus, or any explosive or
incendiary device.

  NRS 202.265  Possession of dangerous weapon on property or in vehicle of school or child care facility; penalty; exceptions.
     1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not carry or possess while on the property of the Nevada System of Higher Education, a private or public school or child care facility, or while in a vehicle of a private or public school or child care facility:
     (a) An explosive or incendiary device;
     (b) A dirk, dagger or switchblade knife;
     (c) A nunchaku or trefoil;
     (d) A blackjack or billy club or metal knuckles;
     (e) A pistol, revolver or other firearm; or
    (f) Any device used to mark any part of a person with paint or any other substance.
     2.  Any person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
     3.  This section does not prohibit the possession of a weapon listed in subsection 1 on the property of:
     (a) A private or public school or child care facility by a:
            (1) Peace officer;
            (2) School security guard; or
            (3) Person having written permission from the president of a branch or facility of the Nevada System of Higher Education or the principal of the school or the person designated by a child care facility to give permission to carry or possess the weapon.
     (b) A child care facility which is located at or in the home of a natural person by the person who owns or operates the facility so long as the person resides in the home and the person complies with any laws governing the possession of such a weapon.
     4.  The provisions of this section apply to a child care facility located at or in the home of a natural person only during the normal hours of business of the facility.
     5.  For the purposes of this section:
     (a) “Child care facility” means any child care facility that is licensed pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS or licensed by a city or county.
     (b) “Firearm” includes any device from which a metallic projectile, including any ball bearing or pellet, may be expelled by means of spring, gas, air or other force.
     (c) “Nunchaku” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
     (d) “Switchblade knife” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
     (e) “Trefoil” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.350.
     (f) “Vehicle” has the meaning ascribed to “school bus” in NRS 484A.230.
     (Added to NRS by 1989, 656; A 1993, 364; 1995, 1151; 2001, 806; 2007, 1913)

NRS 202.370  Definitions.  As used in NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive:
     1.  “Shell,” “cartridge” or “bomb” includes all shells, cartridges or bombs capable of being discharged or exploded, when such discharge or explosions will cause or permit the release or emission of tear gas.
     2.  “Tear gas” includes all liquid, gaseous or solid substances intended to produce temporary physical discomfort or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air. The term does not include a liquid, gaseous or solid substance whose active ingredient is composed of natural substances or products derived from natural substances which cause no permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise dispersed in the air.
     3.  “Weapon designed for the use of such shell, cartridge or bomb” includes all revolvers, pistols, fountain pen guns, billies, riot guns or other form of device, portable or fixed, intended for the projection or release of tear gas except those regularly manufactured and sold for use with firearm ammunition.
     [2:273:1955]—(NRS A 1977, 887; 1981, 2051)

NRS 202.375  Applicability of NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive, to small weapons containing “CS” tear gas and to certain law enforcement, correctional and military personnel.
     1.  The provisions of NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive, do not apply to the sale or purchase by any adult, or the possession or use by any person, including a minor but not including a convicted person as defined in NRS 179C.010, of any form of:
    (a) Cartridge which contains not more than 2 fluid ounces in volume of “CS” tear gas that may be propelled by air or another gas, but not an explosive, in the form of an aerosol spray; or
     (b) Weapon designed for the use of such a cartridge which does not exceed that size,
Ê and which is designed and intended for use as an instrument of self-defense.
     2.  A seller, before delivering to a purchaser a cartridge or weapon which may be sold pursuant to subsection 1, must record and maintain for not less than 2 years the name and address of the purchaser and the brand name, model number or type, and serial number if there is one, of the weapon or cartridge, or both.
     3.  The provisions of NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive, do not prohibit police departments or regular salaried peace officers thereof, sheriffs and their regular salaried deputies, the Director, deputy director and superintendents of, and guards employed by, the Department of Corrections, personnel of the Nevada Highway Patrol or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States from purchasing, possessing or transporting any shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons for official use in the discharge of their duties.
     4.  As used in this section, “CS” tear gas means a crystalline powder containing ortho-chlorobenzalmalononitrile.
     (Added to NRS by 1981, 2050; A 2001 Special Session, 232)