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1 | AN ACT concerning safety. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required; | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | exceptions. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | gun, or taser within this State without having in his or her | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | issued in his or her name by the Illinois State Police under | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the provisions of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | within this State without having in his or her possession a | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | or her name by the Illinois State Police under the provisions | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | possession of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | tasers do not apply to: | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | operation of their official duties; |
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1 | (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States | ||||||
2 | or the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of | ||||||
3 | their official duties; | ||||||
4 | (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms, | ||||||
5 | while engaged in the operation of their official duties; | ||||||
6 | (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which | ||||||
7 | receive firearms directly from the armed forces of the | ||||||
8 | United States, while using the firearms for ceremonial | ||||||
9 | purposes with blank ammunition; | ||||||
10 | (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with | ||||||
11 | valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area | ||||||
12 | where hunting is permitted; however, at all other times | ||||||
13 | and in all other places these persons must have their | ||||||
14 | firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case; | ||||||
15 | (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting | ||||||
16 | license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's | ||||||
17 | Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural | ||||||
18 | Resources owned or managed sites; | ||||||
19 | (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range | ||||||
20 | recognized by the Illinois State Police; however, these | ||||||
21 | persons must at all other times and in all other places | ||||||
22 | have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case; | ||||||
23 | (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display | ||||||
24 | recognized by the Illinois State Police; however, at all | ||||||
25 | other times and in all other places these persons must | ||||||
26 | have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case; |
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1 | (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and | ||||||
2 | enclosed in a case; | ||||||
3 | (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or | ||||||
4 | registered to possess a firearm in their resident state; | ||||||
5 | (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and | ||||||
6 | immediate control of their parent or legal guardian or | ||||||
7 | other person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent or | ||||||
8 | legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the | ||||||
9 | minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
10 | Card; | ||||||
11 | (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations | ||||||
12 | or members of bona fide American Legion bands while using | ||||||
13 | firearms for ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition; | ||||||
14 | (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does | ||||||
15 | not require them to be licensed or registered to possess a | ||||||
16 | firearm and only during hunting season, with valid hunting | ||||||
17 | licenses, while accompanied by, and using a firearm owned | ||||||
18 | by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's | ||||||
19 | Identification Card and while in an area within a | ||||||
20 | commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code where | ||||||
21 | hunting is permitted and controlled, but in no instance | ||||||
22 | upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural | ||||||
23 | Resources; | ||||||
24 | (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to | ||||||
25 | hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses a | ||||||
26 | valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an area |
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1 | within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code | ||||||
2 | where hunting is permitted and controlled; and | ||||||
3 | (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a | ||||||
4 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is | ||||||
5 | under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm | ||||||
6 | Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or | ||||||
7 | older while the person is on a firing or shooting range or | ||||||
8 | is a participant in a firearms safety and training course | ||||||
9 | recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national, | ||||||
10 | statewide shooting sports organization. | ||||||
11 | (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the | ||||||
12 | acquisition and possession of firearms, firearm ammunition, | ||||||
13 | stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement | ||||||
14 | officials of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in | ||||||
15 | the operation of their official duties. | ||||||
16 | (c-5) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of | ||||||
17 | subsection (a) of this Section regarding the possession of | ||||||
18 | firearms and firearm ammunition do not apply to the holder of a | ||||||
19 | valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm | ||||||
20 | Concealed Carry Act who is in physical possession of the | ||||||
21 | concealed carry license. | ||||||
22 | (c-6) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of | ||||||
23 | subsection (a) of this Section regarding the possession of | ||||||
24 | firearms and firearm ammunition do not apply to veterans. In | ||||||
25 | this subsection (c-6), "veteran" means a person who has served | ||||||
26 | in the Armed Forces of the United States or the Illinois |
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1 | National Guard and was discharged or separated under honorable | ||||||
2 | conditions. | ||||||
3 | (d) Any person who becomes a resident of this State, who is | ||||||
4 | not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or using | ||||||
5 | a firearm or firearm ammunition, shall not be required to have | ||||||
6 | a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess firearms or | ||||||
7 | firearms ammunition until 60 calendar days after he or she | ||||||
8 | obtains an Illinois driver's license or Illinois | ||||||
9 | Identification Card. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.) | ||||||
11 | Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | ||||||
12 | changing Section 24-2 as follows: | ||||||
13 | (720 ILCS 5/24-2) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. | ||||||
15 | (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and | ||||||
16 | 24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of | ||||||
17 | the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace | ||||||
19 | officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the | ||||||
20 | peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer. | ||||||
21 | (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, | ||||||
22 | penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the | ||||||
23 | detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, | ||||||
24 | while in the performance of their official duty, or while |
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1 | commuting between their homes and places of employment. | ||||||
2 | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | ||||||
3 | the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the | ||||||
4 | Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance | ||||||
5 | of their official duty. | ||||||
6 | (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public | ||||||
7 | utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored | ||||||
8 | car companies, while actually engaged in the performance | ||||||
9 | of the duties of their employment or commuting between | ||||||
10 | their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while | ||||||
11 | actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their | ||||||
12 | employment. | ||||||
13 | (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, | ||||||
14 | private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or | ||||||
15 | employed by a private security contractor, private | ||||||
16 | detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by | ||||||
17 | the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, | ||||||
18 | if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the | ||||||
19 | provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, | ||||||
20 | Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of | ||||||
21 | 2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the | ||||||
22 | duties of their employment or commuting between their | ||||||
23 | homes and places of employment. A person shall be | ||||||
24 | considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has | ||||||
25 | completed the required 20 hours of training for a private | ||||||
26 | security contractor, private detective, or private alarm |
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1 | contractor, or employee of a licensed private security | ||||||
2 | contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor | ||||||
3 | agency and 28 hours of required firearm training, and has | ||||||
4 | been issued a firearm control card by the Department of | ||||||
5 | Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the | ||||||
6 | renewal of firearm control cards issued under the | ||||||
7 | provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those | ||||||
8 | cards issued under the provisions of the Private | ||||||
9 | Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint | ||||||
10 | Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control | ||||||
11 | card shall be carried by the private security contractor, | ||||||
12 | private detective, or private alarm contractor, or | ||||||
13 | employee of the licensed private security contractor, | ||||||
14 | private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at | ||||||
15 | all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable | ||||||
16 | weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card. | ||||||
17 | (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or | ||||||
18 | industrial operation as a security guard for the | ||||||
19 | protection of persons employed and private property | ||||||
20 | related to such commercial or industrial operation, while | ||||||
21 | actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or | ||||||
22 | traveling between sites or properties belonging to the | ||||||
23 | employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a | ||||||
24 | security force registered with the Department of Financial | ||||||
25 | and Professional Regulation; provided that such security | ||||||
26 | guard has successfully completed a course of study, |
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1 | approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial | ||||||
2 | and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than | ||||||
3 | 48 hours of training that includes the theory of law | ||||||
4 | enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of | ||||||
5 | weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this | ||||||
6 | exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours | ||||||
7 | of training for a security officer and 28 hours of | ||||||
8 | required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm | ||||||
9 | control card by the Department of Financial and | ||||||
10 | Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of | ||||||
11 | firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this | ||||||
12 | Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under | ||||||
13 | the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, | ||||||
14 | Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of | ||||||
15 | 2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the | ||||||
16 | security guard at all times when he or she is in possession | ||||||
17 | of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm | ||||||
18 | control card. | ||||||
19 | (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the | ||||||
21 | Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections | ||||||
22 | 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of | ||||||
23 | any investigation for the Commission. | ||||||
24 | (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a | ||||||
25 | security guard for the protection of other employees and | ||||||
26 | property related to such financial institution, while |
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1 | actually engaged in the performance of their duties, | ||||||
2 | commuting between their homes and places of employment, or | ||||||
3 | traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by | ||||||
4 | such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, | ||||||
5 | is a member of a security force registered with the | ||||||
6 | Department; provided that any person so employed has | ||||||
7 | successfully completed a course of study, approved by and | ||||||
8 | supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
9 | Regulation, consisting of not less than 48 hours of | ||||||
10 | training which includes theory of law enforcement, | ||||||
11 | liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person | ||||||
12 | shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if | ||||||
13 | he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training | ||||||
14 | for a security officer and 28 hours of required firearm | ||||||
15 | training, and has been issued a firearm control card by | ||||||
16 | the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. | ||||||
17 | Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued | ||||||
18 | under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as | ||||||
19 | for those issued under the provisions of the Private | ||||||
20 | Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint | ||||||
21 | Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control | ||||||
22 | card shall be carried by the security guard at all times | ||||||
23 | when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon | ||||||
24 | permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes | ||||||
25 | of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank, | ||||||
26 | savings and loan association, credit union or company |
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1 | providing armored car services. | ||||||
2 | (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to | ||||||
3 | drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the | ||||||
4 | performance of his duties. | ||||||
5 | (10) Persons who have been classified as peace | ||||||
6 | officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation | ||||||
7 | Act. | ||||||
8 | (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's | ||||||
9 | Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of | ||||||
10 | governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | ||||||
11 | Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of | ||||||
12 | the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. | ||||||
13 | (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's | ||||||
14 | Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code. | ||||||
15 | (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of | ||||||
16 | their duties, or while commuting between their homes, | ||||||
17 | places of employment or specific locations that are part | ||||||
18 | of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief | ||||||
19 | judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they | ||||||
20 | have received weapons training according to requirements | ||||||
21 | of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm | ||||||
22 | Training Act. | ||||||
23 | (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance | ||||||
24 | of their official duties, or while commuting between their | ||||||
25 | homes and places of employment, with the consent of the | ||||||
26 | Sheriff. |
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1 | (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at | ||||||
2 | a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or | ||||||
3 | facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | ||||||
4 | who has completed the background screening and training | ||||||
5 | mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear | ||||||
6 | Regulatory Commission. | ||||||
7 | (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons | ||||||
8 | to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through | ||||||
9 | (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons. | ||||||
10 | (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply | ||||||
11 | to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, | ||||||
12 | or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid | ||||||
13 | license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of | ||||||
14 | the commission of the offense. | ||||||
15 | (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply | ||||||
16 | to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement | ||||||
17 | officer or a current or retired deputy, county correctional | ||||||
18 | officer, or correctional officer of the Department of | ||||||
19 | Corrections qualified under the laws of this State or under | ||||||
20 | the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. | ||||||
21 | (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section | ||||||
22 | 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following: | ||||||
23 | (1) Members of any club or organization organized for | ||||||
24 | the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon | ||||||
25 | established target ranges, whether public or private, and | ||||||
26 | patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are |
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1 | using their firearms on those target ranges. | ||||||
2 | (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations | ||||||
3 | while parading, with the special permission of the | ||||||
4 | Governor. | ||||||
5 | (3) Hunters, trappers, or fishermen while engaged in | ||||||
6 | lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing under the provisions | ||||||
7 | of the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. | ||||||
8 | (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in | ||||||
9 | a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible. | ||||||
10 | (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun | ||||||
11 | gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal | ||||||
12 | dwelling of another person as an invitee with that | ||||||
13 | person's permission. | ||||||
14 | (6) Veterans. In this paragraph (6), "veteran" means a | ||||||
15 | person who has served in the Armed Forces of the United | ||||||
16 | States or the Illinois National Guard and was discharged | ||||||
17 | or separated under honorable conditions. | ||||||
18 | (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any | ||||||
19 | of the following: | ||||||
20 | (1) Peace officers while in performance of their | ||||||
21 | official duties. | ||||||
22 | (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, | ||||||
23 | penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the | ||||||
24 | detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense. | ||||||
25 | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | ||||||
26 | the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in |
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1 | the performance of their official duty. | ||||||
2 | (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine | ||||||
3 | guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through | ||||||
4 | (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the | ||||||
5 | machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or | ||||||
6 | are not immediately accessible. | ||||||
7 | (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture | ||||||
8 | any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be | ||||||
9 | discharged by a single function of the firing device, or | ||||||
10 | ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the | ||||||
11 | business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but | ||||||
12 | only with respect to activities which are within the | ||||||
13 | lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture, | ||||||
14 | transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition. | ||||||
15 | This exemption does not authorize the general private | ||||||
16 | possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or | ||||||
17 | bullets can be discharged by a single function of the | ||||||
18 | firing device, but only such possession and activities as | ||||||
19 | are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing | ||||||
20 | business described in this paragraph. | ||||||
21 | During transportation, such weapons shall be broken | ||||||
22 | down in a non-functioning state or not immediately | ||||||
23 | accessible. | ||||||
24 | (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, | ||||||
25 | transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or | ||||||
26 | experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles, |
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1 | shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or | ||||||
2 | ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where | ||||||
3 | engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or | ||||||
4 | subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for | ||||||
5 | the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns, | ||||||
6 | weapons or ammunition to the United States government or | ||||||
7 | any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when | ||||||
8 | such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling | ||||||
9 | the terms of such contract. | ||||||
10 | The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6) | ||||||
11 | shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such | ||||||
12 | contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the | ||||||
13 | scope of his employment, where such activities involving | ||||||
14 | such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and | ||||||
15 | incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract. | ||||||
16 | (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or | ||||||
17 | barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person | ||||||
18 | has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. | ||||||
19 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or | ||||||
20 | (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide, | ||||||
21 | nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the | ||||||
22 | modification is required and necessary to accurately | ||||||
23 | portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes; | ||||||
24 | the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current | ||||||
25 | re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall | ||||||
26 | length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26 |
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1 | inches. | ||||||
2 | (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, | ||||||
3 | possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a | ||||||
4 | peace officer. | ||||||
5 | (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, | ||||||
6 | manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that | ||||||
7 | subsection nor to any law enforcement officer. | ||||||
8 | (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and | ||||||
9 | Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or | ||||||
10 | organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting | ||||||
11 | at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or | ||||||
12 | private, while using their firearms on those target ranges. | ||||||
13 | (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply | ||||||
14 | to: | ||||||
15 | (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | ||||||
16 | the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in | ||||||
17 | the performance of their official duty. | ||||||
18 | (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military | ||||||
19 | ordnance. | ||||||
20 | (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic | ||||||
21 | ballistics, or specializing in the development of | ||||||
22 | ammunition or explosive ordnance. | ||||||
23 | (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of | ||||||
24 | explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed | ||||||
25 | by the federal government, in connection with the supply | ||||||
26 | of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision |
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1 | (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons | ||||||
2 | outside this State, or the transportation of explosive | ||||||
3 | bullets to any organization or person exempted in this | ||||||
4 | Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased | ||||||
5 | by an exempted manufacturer. | ||||||
6 | (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect | ||||||
7 | persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device | ||||||
8 | or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use | ||||||
9 | in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or | ||||||
10 | ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and | ||||||
11 | actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those | ||||||
12 | devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to | ||||||
13 | activities that are within the lawful scope of that business, | ||||||
14 | such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those | ||||||
15 | devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not | ||||||
16 | authorize the general private possession of any device or | ||||||
17 | attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in | ||||||
18 | silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession | ||||||
19 | and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed | ||||||
20 | manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5). | ||||||
21 | During transportation, these devices shall be detached from | ||||||
22 | any weapon or not immediately accessible. | ||||||
23 | (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section | ||||||
24 | 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole | ||||||
25 | supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions | ||||||
26 | prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of |
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1 | Corrections. | ||||||
2 | (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace | ||||||
3 | officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team | ||||||
4 | or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally | ||||||
5 | own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any | ||||||
6 | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the | ||||||
7 | report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and | ||||||
8 | maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose | ||||||
9 | duties include the investigation of criminal acts. | ||||||
10 | (g-10) (Blank). | ||||||
11 | (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of | ||||||
12 | any subsection of this Article need not negative any | ||||||
13 | exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have | ||||||
14 | the burden of proving such an exemption. | ||||||
15 | (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or | ||||||
16 | affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any | ||||||
17 | pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm | ||||||
18 | consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the | ||||||
19 | State of Illinois or the federal government, where such | ||||||
20 | transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the | ||||||
21 | lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; | ||||||
22 | and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or | ||||||
23 | affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any | ||||||
24 | pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the | ||||||
25 | subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or | ||||||
26 | subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and |
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1 | enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or | ||||||
2 | other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners | ||||||
3 | Identification Card. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 102-152, eff. 1-1-22; 102-779, eff. 1-1-23; | ||||||
5 | 102-837, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) |