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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5227
Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to handgun safety devices. Provides that the prohibition on the sale or transfer of a handgun without a handgun safety device applies to sales by private persons as well as by federally licensed firearm dealers.
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| CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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A BILL FOR
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HB5227 |
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LRB095 18072 RLC 44155 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 24-9.5 as follows: |
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-9.5) |
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| Sec. 24-9.5. Handgun safety devices. |
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| (a) It is unlawful for a person licensed as a federal |
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| firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control |
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| Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923) to offer for sale, sell, or |
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| transfer a handgun to a person not licensed under Section 923 |
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| of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923) that |
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| Act , unless he or she sells or includes with the handgun a |
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| device or mechanism, other than the firearm safety, designed to |
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| render the handgun temporarily inoperable or inaccessible. |
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| This includes but is not limited to: |
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| (1) An external device that is: |
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| (i) attached to the handgun with a key or |
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| combination lock; and |
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| (ii) designed to prevent the handgun from being |
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| discharged unless the device has been deactivated. |
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| (2) An integrated mechanical safety, disabling, or |
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| locking device that is: |