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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning firearms.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (430 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
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| 8 | | "Has been adjudicated as a mental defective" means the |
| 9 | | person is the subject of a determination by a court, board, |
| 10 | | commission or other lawful authority that a person, as a result |
| 11 | | of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, mental |
| 12 | | impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease: |
| 13 | | (1) is a danger to himself, herself, or to others; |
| 14 | | (2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own |
| 15 | | affairs; |
| 16 | | (3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of |
| 17 | | insanity, mental disease or defect; |
| 18 | | (4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case; |
| 19 | | (5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental |
| 20 | | responsibility pursuant to Articles 50a and 72b of the |
| 21 | | Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b.
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| 22 | | "Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal |
| 23 | | authority, with
intent
to deceive. |
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| 1 | | "Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who is |
| 2 | | licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the |
| 3 | | federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
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| 4 | | "Firearm" means any device, by
whatever name known, which |
| 5 | | is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles
by the action |
| 6 | | of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,
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| 7 | | however:
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| 8 | | (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or |
| 9 | | B-B gun which
either expels a single globular projectile |
| 10 | | not exceeding .18 inch in
diameter or and which has a |
| 11 | | maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second or |
| 12 | | breakable paint balls containing washable marking colors;
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| 13 | | (1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or |
| 14 | | B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing |
| 15 | | washable marking colors;
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| 16 | | (2) any device used exclusively for signalling or |
| 17 | | safety and required or
recommended by the United States |
| 18 | | Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
Commission;
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| 19 | | (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud |
| 20 | | cartridges,
explosive rivets or similar industrial |
| 21 | | ammunition; and
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| 22 | | (4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun) |
| 23 | | which, although
designed as a weapon, the Department of |
| 24 | | State Police finds by reason of
the date of its |
| 25 | | manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics is
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| 26 | | primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used |
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| 1 | | as a weapon.
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| 2 | | "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or |
| 3 | | shotgun
shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be |
| 4 | | used or adaptable to
use in a firearm; excluding, however:
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| 5 | | (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a |
| 6 | | device used
exclusively for signalling or safety and |
| 7 | | required or recommended by the
United States Coast Guard or |
| 8 | | the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
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| 9 | | (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a |
| 10 | | stud or rivet
driver or other similar industrial |
| 11 | | ammunition. |
| 12 | | "Gun show" means an event or function: |
| 13 | | (1) at which the sale and transfer of firearms is the |
| 14 | | regular and normal course of business and where 50 or more |
| 15 | | firearms are displayed, offered, or exhibited for sale, |
| 16 | | transfer, or exchange; or |
| 17 | | (2) at which not less than 10 gun show vendors display, |
| 18 | | offer, or exhibit for sale, sell, transfer, or exchange |
| 19 | | firearms.
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| 20 | | "Gun show" includes the entire premises provided for an |
| 21 | | event or function, including parking areas for the event or |
| 22 | | function, that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale, |
| 23 | | transfer, or exchange of firearms as described in this Section.
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| 24 | | "Gun show" does not include training or safety classes, |
| 25 | | competitive shooting events, such as rifle, shotgun, or handgun |
| 26 | | matches, trap, skeet, or sporting clays shoots, dinners, |
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| 1 | | banquets, raffles, or
any other event where the sale or |
| 2 | | transfer of firearms is not the primary course of business. |
| 3 | | "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or |
| 4 | | operates a gun show. |
| 5 | | "Gun show vendor" means a person who exhibits, sells, |
| 6 | | offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearms at a gun |
| 7 | | show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a gun show |
| 8 | | promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell, |
| 9 | | offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm. |
| 10 | | "Sanctioned competitive shooting event" means a shooting |
| 11 | | contest officially recognized by a national or state shooting |
| 12 | | sport association, and includes any sight-in or practice |
| 13 | | conducted in conjunction with the event.
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| 14 | | "Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in |
| 15 | | Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961. |
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 94-6, eff. 1-1-06; 94-353, eff. 7-29-05; 95-331, |
| 17 | | eff. 8-21-07; 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 19 | | becoming law.
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