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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 24-9 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-9)
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| 7 | Sec. 24-9. Firearms; minor protection
Child Protection.
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| 8 | (a) Except as provided in
subsection (c), it is unlawful
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| 9 | for any person to
store or leave, within premises under his or | ||||||
| 10 | her control, a firearm if
the
person knows or has reason to | ||||||
| 11 | believe that a minor under the age of 18
14
years who does not | ||||||
| 12 | have a Firearm Owners Identification Card or who is not serving | ||||||
| 13 | in the military is likely to gain
access to the firearm without | ||||||
| 14 | the lawful permission
of the minor's parent, guardian, or | ||||||
| 15 | person having charge of the minor, and
the minor causes death | ||||||
| 16 | or great bodily harm with the firearm, unless
the firearm is:
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| 17 | (1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the | ||||||
| 18 | firearm safety,
designed to render a firearm temporarily | ||||||
| 19 | inoperable; or
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| 20 | (2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or
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| 21 | (3) (blank)
placed in some other location that a | ||||||
| 22 | reasonable person would
believe to be secure from a minor | ||||||
| 23 | under the age of 14 years.
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| 1 | (b) Sentence. | ||||||
| 2 | (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of | ||||||
| 3 | this subsection (b), a
A person who violates this Section | ||||||
| 4 | is guilty of a Class C
misdemeanor and shall be fined not | ||||||
| 5 | less than $1,000. A second or subsequent
violation of this | ||||||
| 6 | Section is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
| 7 | (2) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person who | ||||||
| 8 | violates subsection (a) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor | ||||||
| 9 | if a minor under the age of 18 causes death or great bodily | ||||||
| 10 | harm with the firearm stored or left in violation of this | ||||||
| 11 | Section.
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| 12 | (c) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b)
Subsection (a) does not | ||||||
| 13 | apply:
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| 14 | (1) if the minor under 18
14 years of age gains access | ||||||
| 15 | to a
firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or | ||||||
| 16 | defense of another; or
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| 17 | (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of | ||||||
| 18 | 18
14 because of
an unlawful entry of the premises by the | ||||||
| 19 | minor or another person.
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| 20 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the | ||||||
| 21 | meaning ascribed
to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners | ||||||
| 22 | Identification Card Act.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 91-18, eff. 1-1-00.)
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