Human Services Committee

Filed: 3/9/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1098

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1098 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Sections 24-1 and 24-2 and by adding Section 24-0.5 as
6 follows:
 
7     (720 ILCS 5/24-0.5 new)
8     Sec. 24-0.5. Definitions. For purposes of this Article:
9     "50 caliber rifle" means a centerfire rifle capable of
10 firing a 50 caliber cartridge. The term "50 caliber rifle" does
11 not include any antique firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C. Section
12 921(a)(16).
13     "50 caliber cartridge" means a cartridge in 50 caliber,
14 either by designation or actual measurement, including, but not
15 limited to, a .50 BMG cartridge. "50 caliber cartridge" does
16 not include any memorabilia or display item that is filled with
17 a permanent inert substance or that is otherwise permanently
18 altered in a manner that prevents ready modification for use as
19 live ammunition.
20     ".50 BMG cartridge" means a cartridge that is designed and
21 intended to be fired from a centerfire rifle and that meets all
22 of the following criteria:
23         (1) It has an overall length of 5.45 inches from the
24     base to the tip of the bullet.

 

 

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1         (2) The bullet diameter for the cartridge is from .510
2     to, and including, .511 inch.
3         (3) The case base diameter for the cartridge is from
4     .800 inch to, and including, .804 inch.
5         (4) The cartridge case length is 3.91 inches.
6     A ".50 BMG rifle" does not include any "antique firearm"
7 nor any curio or relic as defined in Section 178.11 of Title 27
8 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
 
9     (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
10     Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
11     (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
12 when he knowingly:
13         (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
14     carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
15     sand-bag, metal knuckles, throwing star, or any knife,
16     commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
17     blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
18     a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
19     knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
20     a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
21     spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
22         (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
23     unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
24     dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
25     piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
26     deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
27         (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
28     tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
29     noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
30     containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
31     designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
32     years of age or older; or
33         (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on

 

 

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1     or about his person except when on his land or in his own
2     abode or fixed place of business any pistol, revolver, stun
3     gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
4     (a) (4) does not apply to or affect transportation of
5     weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
6             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
7             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
8             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
9         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
10         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
11         Owner's Identification Card; 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
27         machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
28         machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
29         possession or under the control of a person;
30             (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
31         16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
32         barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
33         made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
34         modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as

 

 

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1         modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
2         or
3             (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
4         other container containing an explosive substance of
5         over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
6         not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
7         cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
8             (iv) any 50 caliber rifle or 50 caliber ammunition;
9         or
10         (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
11     or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
12     sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
13     held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body
14     or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
15     excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
16     involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
17     conducted.
18         This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
19     raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
20     issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
21     engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
22         (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
23     his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
24     firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
25     masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
26         (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
27     any public street, alley, or other public lands within the
28     corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town,
29     except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
30     of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
31     weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode or
32     fixed place of business, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
33     taser or other firearm, except that this subsection (a)
34     (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons

 

 

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1     that meet one of the following 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.
8         A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
9     means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
10     charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
11     several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
12     hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
13     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
14     to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
15     device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
16     as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
17     clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
18     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
19     to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
20         (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
21     bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
22     bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
23     cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
24     which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
25     or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
26     a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
27     primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
28     contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
29     or
30         (12) (Blank).
31     (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
32 subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10), or
33 subsection 24-1(a)(11) commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person
34 convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9)

 

 

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1 commits a Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of
2 subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a
3 Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
4 24-1(a)(7)(i) or subsection 24-1(a)(7)(iv) commits a Class 2
5 felony, unless the weapon is possessed in the passenger
6 compartment of a motor vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of
7 the Illinois Vehicle Code, or on the person, while the weapon
8 is loaded, in which case it shall be a Class X felony. A person
9 convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection
10 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a
11 Class 3 felony.
12     (c) Violations in specific places.
13         (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
14     24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
15     the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
16     or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
17     housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
18     development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
19     property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
20     day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
21     operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
22     a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
23     mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
24     any public park, on the real property comprising any
25     courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
26     by a school to transport students to or from school or a
27     school related activity, or on any public way within 1,000
28     feet of the real property comprising any school, public
29     park, courthouse, or residential property owned, operated,
30     or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
31     housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
32     development commits a Class 2 felony.
33         (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
34     24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the

 

 

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

 

 

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1     on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
2     comprising any school, public park, courthouse, or
3     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
4     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
5     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
6     commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
7     that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
8     this State for the conduct of official business.
9         (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
10     (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
11     officers of such school, college, or university or to
12     students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
13     training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
14     school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
15     authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
16     enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
17     package.
18         (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
19     means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
20     community college, college, or university.
21     (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
22 omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
23 subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
24 possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
25 such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
26 substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
27 (i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
28 the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
29 weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
30 operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
31 and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
32 not apply to the driver.
33     (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
34 Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of

 

 

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1 ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
2 of this Section.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-686, eff. 1-1-99; 91-673, eff. 12-22-99;
4 91-690, eff. 4-13-00.)
 
5     (720 ILCS 5/24-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2)
6     Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
7     (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and
8 Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
9         (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
10     officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
11     peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
12         (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
13     penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
14     detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
15     while in the performance of their official duty, or while
16     commuting between their homes and places of employment.
17         (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
18     the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
19     Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
20     of their official duty.
21         (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
22     utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
23     car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
24     the duties of their employment or commuting between their
25     homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
26     engaged in the performance of the duties of their
27     employment.
28         (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
29     private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
30     employed by an agency certified by the Department of
31     Professional Regulation, if their duties include the
32     carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
33     Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith

 

 

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1     Act of 2004, while actually engaged in the performance of
2     the duties of their employment or commuting between their
3     homes and places of employment, provided that such
4     commuting is accomplished within one hour from departure
5     from home or place of employment, as the case may be.
6     Persons exempted under this subdivision (a)(5) shall be
7     required to have completed a course of study in firearms
8     handling and training approved and supervised by the
9     Department of Professional Regulation as prescribed by
10     Section 28 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
11     Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004, prior to becoming
12     eligible for this exemption. The Department of
13     Professional Regulation shall provide suitable
14     documentation demonstrating the successful completion of
15     the prescribed firearms training. Such documentation shall
16     be carried at all times when such persons are in possession
17     of a concealable weapon.
18         (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
19     industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
20     of persons employed and private property related to such
21     commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
22     in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
23     sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
24     a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
25     least 5 persons registered with the Department of
26     Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
27     has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
28     and supervised by the Department of Professional
29     Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
30     training that includes the theory of law enforcement,
31     liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
32     shall be considered eligible for this exemption if he or
33     she has completed the required 20 hours of training for a
34     security officer and 20 hours of required firearm training,

 

 

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1     and has been issued a firearm authorization card by the
2     Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
3     renewal of firearm authorization cards issued under the
4     provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
5     cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
6     Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
7     Such firearm authorization card shall be carried by the
8     security guard at all times when he or she is in possession
9     of a concealable weapon.
10         (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
11     Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
12     Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
13     24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
14     any investigation for the Commission.
15         (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
16     protection of other employees and property related to such
17     financial institution, while actually engaged in the
18     performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
19     and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
20     properties owned or operated by such financial
21     institution, provided that any person so employed has
22     successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
23     supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
24     consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
25     includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts, and
26     the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered to be
27     eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
28     required 20 hours of training for a security officer and 20
29     hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
30     firearm authorization card by the Department of
31     Professional Regulation. Conditions for renewal of firearm
32     authorization cards issued under the provisions of this
33     Section shall be the same as for those issued under the
34     provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,

 

 

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1     Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm
2     authorization card shall be carried by the person so
3     trained at all times when such person is in possession of a
4     concealable weapon. For purposes of this subsection,
5     "financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan
6     association, credit union or company providing armored car
7     services.
8         (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
9     drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
10     performance of his duties.
11         (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
12     pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
13         (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
14     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
15     governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
16     Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
17     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
18         (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
19     Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
20         (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
21     their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
22     places of employment or specific locations that are part of
23     their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
24     of the circuit for which they are employed.
25         (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
26     of their official duties, or while commuting between their
27     homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
28     Sheriff.
29         (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
30     a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
31     facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
32     who has completed the background screening and training
33     mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
34     Regulatory Commission.

 

 

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1         (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
2     to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
3     (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
4     (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
5 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
6         (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
7     the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
8     established target ranges, whether public or private, and
9     patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
10     using their firearms on those target ranges.
11         (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
12     while parading, with the special permission of the
13     Governor.
14         (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
15     permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
16         (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
17     non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
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
27     the performance of their official duty.
28         (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
29     guns, 50 caliber rifles, or 50 caliber ammunition to
30     persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through (3) of
31     this subsection to possess machine guns, 50 caliber rifles,
32     or 50 caliber ammunition, if the machine guns or 50 caliber
33     rifles are broken down in a non-functioning state or are
34     not immediately accessible.

 

 

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1         (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
2     any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
3     discharged by a single function of the firing device, 50
4     caliber rifles, or ammunition for such weapons, and
5     actually engaged in the business of manufacturing such
6     weapons or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
7     which are within the lawful scope of such business, such as
8     the manufacture, transportation, or testing of such
9     weapons or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize
10     the general private possession of any weapon from which 8
11     or more shots or bullets can be discharged by a single
12     function of the firing device or 50 caliber rifle, but only
13     such possession and activities as are within the lawful
14     scope of a licensed manufacturing business described in
15     this paragraph.
16         During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
17     down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
18     accessible.
19         (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
20     transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
21     activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
22     weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
23     such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
24     person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
25     to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
26     of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
27     United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
28     of the United States, when such activities are necessary
29     and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
30         The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
31     shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
32     contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
33     scope of his employment, where such activities involving
34     such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and

 

 

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1     incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
2         During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
3     down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
4     accessible.
5     Subsection 24-1(a)(7) dealing with 50 caliber rifles and 50
6 caliber ammunition does not apply to a person that possesses a
7 50 caliber rifle or 50 caliber ammunition before the effective
8 date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
9 However, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
10 of the 94th General Assembly, such person shall only be allowed
11 to transfer a 50 caliber rifle or 50 caliber ammunition to a
12 dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923
13 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
14     (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
15 possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
16 officer.
17     (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
18 manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
19 subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
20     (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
21 Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
22 organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
23 at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
24 private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
25     (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
26 to:
27         (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
28     the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
29     the performance of their official duty.
30         (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
31     ordinance.
32         (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
33     ballistics, or specializing in the development of
34     ammunition or explosive ordinance.

 

 

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1         (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
2     explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
3     by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
4     those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
5     (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
6     outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
7     bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
8     Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
9     by an exempted manufacturer.
10     (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
11 persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
12 attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
13 silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
14 for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
15 engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
16 firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
17 that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
18 manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
19 firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
20 general private possession of any device or attachment of any
21 kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
22 report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
23 as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
24 business described in this subsection (g-5). During
25 transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
26 or not immediately accessible.
27     (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
28 any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
29 contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
30 of proving such an exemption.
31     (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
32 affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
33 pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
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1 Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
2 carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
3 transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
4 nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
5 transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
6 revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
7 and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
8 this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
9 carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
10 possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
11 (Source: P.A. 92-325, eff. 8-9-01; 93-438, eff. 8-5-03; 93-439,
12 eff. 8-5-03; 93-576, eff. 1-1-04; revised 9-15-03.)".