Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.

Filed: 3/7/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1881

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1881 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Sections 24-1 and 24-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
7    Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons.
8    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of
9weapons when he knowingly:
10        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11    carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12    sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
13    regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any
14    knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which
15    has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure
16    applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle

 

 

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1    of the knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that
2    propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
3    coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
4        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
5    unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
6    dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
7    piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
8    deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
9        (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
10    unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church,
11    synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
12    used for religious worship; or
13        (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
14    tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
15    noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
16    containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
17    designed solely for personal defense carried by a person
18    18 years of age or older; or
19        (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed
20    on or about his person except when on his land or in his
21    own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or
22    on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as
23    an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
24    revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
25    this subsection (a)(4) does not apply to or affect
26    transportation of weapons that meet one of the following

 

 

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1    conditions:
2            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
3            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
4            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
5        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
6        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
7        Owner's Identification Card; or
8            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
9        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
10        been issued a currently valid license under the
11        Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or
12        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
13        (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
14    designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
15    of any firearm; or
16        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
17    carries:
18            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
19        purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
20        shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
21        restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
22        without manually reloading by a single function of the
23        trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
24        weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
25        or carries any combination of parts designed or
26        intended for use in converting any weapon into a

 

 

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1        machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
2        machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
3        possession or under the control of a person;
4            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less
5        than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
6        more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any
7        weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by
8        alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a
9        weapon as modified has an overall length of less than
10        26 inches; or
11            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
12        other container containing an explosive substance of
13        over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
14        not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
15        cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
16        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or
17    taser or other deadly weapon in any place which is
18    licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
19    gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any
20    governmental body or any public gathering at which an
21    admission is charged, excluding a place where a showing,
22    demonstration or lecture involving the exhibition of
23    unloaded firearms is conducted.
24        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction
25    or raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
26    issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to

 

 

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1    persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
2        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
3    his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
4    or firearm or ballistic knife, when he or she is hooded,
5    robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her
6    identity; or
7        (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
8    person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
9    lands within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
10    incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
11    therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
12    the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his land
13    or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
14    of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
15    another person as an invitee with that person's
16    permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser or
17    other firearm, except that this subsection (a)(10) does
18    not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet
19    one of the following conditions:
20            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
21            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
22            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
23        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
24        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
25        Owner's Identification Card; or
26            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with

 

 

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1        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
2        been issued a currently valid license under the
3        Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
4        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
5    means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
6    charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
7    several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
8    hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
9    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
10    to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
11    device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
12    as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
13    clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
14    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
15    to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
16        (11) Sells, manufactures, delivers, imports,
17    possesses, or purchases any assault weapon attachment or
18    .50 caliber cartridge in violation of Section 24-1.9 or
19    any explosive bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a)
20    "explosive bullet" means the projectile portion of an
21    ammunition cartridge which contains or carries an
22    explosive charge which will explode upon contact with the
23    flesh of a human or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular
24    metal case having a projectile affixed at the front
25    thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with
26    the propellant contained in such tube between the

 

 

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1    projectile and the cap; or
2        (12) (Blank); or
3        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
4    person while in a building occupied by a unit of
5    government, a billy club, other weapon of like character,
6    or other instrument of like character intended for use as
7    a weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy club"
8    means a short stick or club commonly carried by police
9    officers which is either telescopic or constructed of a
10    solid piece of wood or other man-made material; or
11        (14) Manufactures, possesses, sells, or offers to
12    sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any
13    device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of
14    parts that is designed to and functions to increase the
15    rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard
16    rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not
17    equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts;
18    or
19        (15) Carries or possesses any assault weapon or .50
20    caliber rifle in violation of Section 24-1.9; or
21        (16) Manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or
22    purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle in
23    violation of Section 24-1.9.
24    (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
25subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
26subsection 24-1(a)(11), subsection 24-1(a)(13), or 24-1(a)(15)

 

 

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1commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a
2violation of subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
3Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of
4subsection 24-1(a)(6), 24-1(a)(7)(ii), 24-1(a)(7)(iii), or
524-1(a)(16) commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a
6violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony
7and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
8than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the weapon is
9possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle as
10defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or on
11the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which case it shall
12be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a second or
13subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8),
1424-1(a)(9), 24-1(a)(10), or 24-1(a)(15) commits a Class 3
15felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
1624-1(a)(2.5) or 24-1(a)(14) commits a Class 2 felony. The
17possession of each weapon or device in violation of this
18Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
19    (c) Violations in specific places.
20        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
21    24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
22    the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
23    or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
24    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
25    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the
26    real property comprising any school, regardless of the

 

 

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1    time of day or the time of year, on residential property
2    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
3    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
4    site or mixed-income development, on the real property
5    comprising any public park, on the real property
6    comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased
7    or contracted by a school to transport students to or from
8    school or a school related activity, in any conveyance
9    owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation
10    agency, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real
11    property comprising any school, public park, courthouse,
12    public transportation facility, or residential property
13    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
14    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
15    site or mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony
16    and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
17    less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
18        (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
19    24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of
20    the time of day or the time of year, in residential
21    property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing
22    agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
23    scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public
24    park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any
25    school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year,
26    on residential property owned, operated, or managed by a

 

 

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1    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
2    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
3    on the real property comprising any public park, on the
4    real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
5    owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
6    students to or from school or a school related activity,
7    in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
8    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
9    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
10    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
11    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
12    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
13    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
14    commits a Class 3 felony.
15        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
16    24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
17    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
18    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
19    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
20    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
21    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
22    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
23    residential property owned, operated or managed by a
24    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
25    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
26    on the real property comprising any public park, on the

 

 

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1    real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
2    owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
3    students to or from school or a school related activity,
4    in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
5    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
6    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
7    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
8    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
9    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
10    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
11    commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
12    that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court
13    of this State for the conduct of official business.
14        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
15    (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or
16    security officers of such school, college, or university
17    or to students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
18    training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
19    school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
20    authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
21    enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
22    package.
23        (3.1) Paragraph (1.5) of this subsection (c) does not
24    apply to or affect a qualified current or retired law
25    enforcement officer qualified under the laws of this State
26    or under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act

 

 

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1    carrying or possessing firearms in or on the properties
2    listed in paragraph (1.5) of this subsection (c).
3        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
4    means any public or private elementary or secondary
5    school, community college, college, or university.
6        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
7    transportation agency" means a public or private agency
8    that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
9    persons by means available to the general public, except
10    for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
11    of the general public as passengers; and "public
12    transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
13    where one may obtain public transportation.
14    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
15omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
16subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
17possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
18such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
19substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
20(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found
21upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if
22such weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
23operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
24and proper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption
25shall not apply to the driver.
26    (e) Exemptions.

 

 

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1        (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
2    Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
3    knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
4    this Section.
5        (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
6    of this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture,
7    purchase, possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly
8    referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that
9    opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,
10    spring or other device in the handle of the knife, does not
11    apply to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm
12    Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or
13    her name by the Illinois State Police or to a person or an
14    entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
15    switchblade knives.
16(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
17102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)
 
18    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
19    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
20    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
2124-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
22the following:
23        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
24    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
25    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.

 

 

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1        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
2    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
3    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
4    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
5    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
6        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
7    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
8    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
9    of their official duty.
10        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
11    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
12    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance
13    of the duties of their employment or commuting between
14    their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while
15    actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
16    employment.
17        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
18    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
19    employed by a private security contractor, private
20    detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by
21    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
22    if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the
23    provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
24    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
25    2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the
26    duties of their employment or commuting between their

 

 

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1    homes and places of employment. A person shall be
2    considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
3    completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
4    security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
5    contractor, or employee of a licensed private security
6    contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
7    agency and 28 hours of required firearm training, and has
8    been issued a firearm control card by the Department of
9    Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
10    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
11    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
12    cards issued under the provisions of the Private
13    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
14    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
15    card shall be carried by the private security contractor,
16    private detective, or private alarm contractor, or
17    employee of the licensed private security contractor,
18    private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at
19    all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
20    weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
21        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
22    industrial operation as a security guard for the
23    protection of persons employed and private property
24    related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
25    actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
26    traveling between sites or properties belonging to the

 

 

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1    employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
2    security force registered with the Department of Financial
3    and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
4    guard has successfully completed a course of study,
5    approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
6    and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than
7    48 hours of training that includes the theory of law
8    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
9    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
10    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
11    of training for a security officer and 28 hours of
12    required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
13    control card by the Department of Financial and
14    Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
15    firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
16    Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
17    the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
18    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
19    2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
20    security guard at all times when he or she is in possession
21    of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm
22    control card.
23        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
24    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
25    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
26    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of

 

 

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1    any investigation for the Commission.
2        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
3    security guard for the protection of other employees and
4    property related to such financial institution, while
5    actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
6    commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
7    traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
8    such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
9    is a member of a security force registered with the
10    Department; provided that any person so employed has
11    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
12    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
13    Regulation, consisting of not less than 48 hours of
14    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
15    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
16    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if
17    he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training
18    for a security officer and 28 hours of required firearm
19    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by
20    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
21    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
22    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
23    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
24    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
25    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
26    card shall be carried by the security guard at all times

 

 

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1    when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon
2    permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes
3    of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank,
4    savings and loan association, credit union or company
5    providing armored car services.
6        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
7    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
8    performance of his duties.
9        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace
10    officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
11    Act.
12        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
13    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
14    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
15    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of
16    the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
17        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
18    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
19        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
20    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
21    places of employment or specific locations that are part
22    of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief
23    judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they
24    have received weapons training according to requirements
25    of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm
26    Training Act.

 

 

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1        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
2    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
3    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
4    Sheriff.
5        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
6    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
7    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
8    who has completed the background screening and training
9    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
10    Regulatory Commission.
11        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
12    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
13    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
14    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
15to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
16or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
17license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
18the commission of the offense.
19    (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
20to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement
21officer or a current or retired deputy, county correctional
22officer, or correctional officer of the Department of
23Corrections qualified under the laws of this State or under
24the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
25    (a-7) Paragraph (1.5) of subsection (c) of Section 24-1
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1enforcement officer qualified under the laws of this State or
2under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act carrying
3or possessing firearms in or on the properties listed in
4paragraph (1.5) of subsection (c) of Section 24-1.
5    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
624-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
7        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
8    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
9    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
10    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
11    using their firearms on those target ranges.
12        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
13    while parading, with the special permission of the
14    Governor.
15        (3) Hunters, trappers, or fishermen while engaged in
16    lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing under the provisions
17    of the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
18        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
19    a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
20        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
21    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
22    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
23    person's permission.
24    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
25of the following:
26        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their

 

 

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1    official duties.
2        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
3    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
4    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
5        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
6    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
7    the performance of their official duty.
8        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
9    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
10    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
11    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
12    are not immediately accessible.
13        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
14    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
15    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
16    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
17    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
18    only with respect to activities which are within the
19    lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
20    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
21    This exemption does not authorize the general private
22    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
23    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
24    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
25    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
26    business described in this paragraph.

 

 

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1        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
2    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
3    accessible.
4        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
5    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
6    experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
7    shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
8    ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
9    engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
10    subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
11    the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
12    weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
13    any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
14    such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
15    the terms of such contract.
16        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
17    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
18    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
19    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
20    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
21    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
22        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
23    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
24    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
25    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
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1    nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
2    modification is required and necessary to accurately
3    portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
4    the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
5    re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
6    length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
7    inches.
8    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
9possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
10peace officer.
11    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
12manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
13subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
14    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
15Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
16organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
17at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
18private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
19    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
20to:
21        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
22    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
23    the performance of their official duty.
24        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
25    ordnance.
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1    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
2    ammunition or explosive ordnance.
3        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
4    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
5    by the federal government, in connection with the supply
6    of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
7    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
8    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
9    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
10    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
11    by an exempted manufacturer.
12    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
13persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
14or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
15in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
16ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
17actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those
18devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
19activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,
20such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those
21devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
22authorize the general private possession of any device or
23attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
24silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession
25and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
26manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).

 

 

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1During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
2any weapon or not immediately accessible.
3    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
424-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
5supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
6prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
7Corrections.
8    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
9officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
10or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
11own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
12kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
13report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
14maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
15duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
16    (g-10) (Blank).
17    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
18any subsection of this Article need not negative any
19exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have
20the burden of proving such an exemption.
21    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
22affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
23pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
24consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
25State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
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1lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
2and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
3affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
4pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
5subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
6subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
7enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
8other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
9Identification Card.
10(Source: P.A. 102-152, eff. 1-1-22; 102-779, eff. 1-1-23;
11102-837, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)".