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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
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Section 24-9 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/24-9)



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    Sec. 24-9. Firearms; minor protection
Child Protection. 

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    (a) Except as provided in
subsection (c), it is unlawful

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for any person to
store or leave, within premises under his or 
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her control, a firearm if
the
person knows or has reason to 
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believe that a minor under the age of 18
14
years who does not 
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have  a Firearm Owners Identification Card or who is not serving 
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in the military is likely to gain
access to the firearm without 
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the lawful permission
of the minor's parent, guardian, or 
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person having charge of the minor, and
the minor causes death 
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or great bodily harm with the firearm, unless
the firearm is:


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        (1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the 
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    firearm safety,
designed to render a firearm temporarily 
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    inoperable; or


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        (2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or


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        (3) (blank)
placed in some other location that a 
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    reasonable person would
believe to be secure from a minor 
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    under the age of 14 years.

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    (b) Sentence.  
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        (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of 
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    this subsection (b), a
A person who violates this Section 
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    is guilty of a Class C
misdemeanor and shall be fined not 
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    less than $1,000.  A second or subsequent
violation of this 
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    Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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        (2) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person who 
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    violates this Section, and a minor under the age of 18 
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    causes death or great bodily harm with the firearm stored 
 


 






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    or left in violation of this Section, is guilty of a Class 
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    A misdemeanor.


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    (c) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b)
Subsection (a) does not 
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apply:


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        (1) if the minor under 18
14 years of age gains access 
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    to a
firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or 
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    defense of another; or


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        (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of 
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    18
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an unlawful entry of the premises by the 
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    minor or another person.

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    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the 
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meaning ascribed
to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners 
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Identification Card Act.

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(Source: P.A. 91-18, eff. 1-1-00.)