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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2584
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2584 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 24-9 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-9)
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| 7 | Sec. 24-9. Firearms; 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 14
years who does not | ||||||
| 12 | have a Firearm Owners Identification Card is likely to gain
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| 13 | access to the firearm without the lawful permission
of the | ||||||
| 14 | minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, | ||||||
| 15 | and
the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the | ||||||
| 16 | firearm, unless
the firearm is:
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| 1 | (1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the | ||||||
| 2 | firearm safety,
designed to render a firearm temporarily | ||||||
| 3 | inoperable; or
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| 4 | (2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or
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| 5 | (3) placed in some other location that a reasonable | ||||||
| 6 | person would
believe to be secure from a minor under the | ||||||
| 7 | age of 14 years.
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| 8 | (b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty | ||||||
| 9 | of a Class C
misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than | ||||||
| 10 | $1,000. A second or subsequent
violation of this Section is a | ||||||
| 11 | Class A misdemeanor.
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| 12 | (c) Subsection (a) does not apply:
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| 13 | (1) if the minor under 14 years of age gains access to | ||||||
| 14 | a
firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or | ||||||
| 15 | defense of another; or
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| 16 | (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of | ||||||
| 17 | 14 because of
an unlawful entry of the premises by the | ||||||
| 18 | minor or another person.
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| 19 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the | ||||||
| 20 | meaning ascribed
to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners | ||||||
| 21 | Identification Card Act.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 91-18, eff. 1-1-00.)".
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