Sen. Peter J. Roskam

Filed: 4/18/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 132

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 132 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6     (430 ILCS 65/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3)
7     Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person may
8 knowingly transfer, or cause to be transferred, any firearm or
9 any firearm ammunition to any person within this State unless
10 the transferee with whom he deals displays a currently valid
11 Firearm Owner's Identification Card which has previously been
12 issued in his name by the Department of State Police under the
13 provisions of this Act. In addition, all firearm transfers by
14 federally licensed firearm dealers are subject to Section 3.1.
15     (b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to
16 be transferred any firearm shall keep a record of such transfer
17 for a period of 10 years from the date of transfer. Such record
18 shall contain the date of the transfer; the description, serial
19 number or other information identifying the firearm if no
20 serial number is available; and, if the transfer was completed
21 within this State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's
22 Identification Card number. On or after January 1, 2006, the
23 record shall contain the date of application for transfer of
24 the firearm. On demand of a peace officer such transferor shall

 

 

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1 produce for inspection such record of transfer.
2     (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer
3 of firearm ammunition shall not apply to those persons
4 specified in paragraph (b) of Section 2 of this Act.
5 (Source: P.A. 92-442, eff. 8-17-01.)
 
6     Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
7 changing Sections 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.6, 24-3, and 24-3.1 as
8 follows:
 
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

 

 

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1         (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
2     or about his person except when on his land or in his own
3     abode or fixed place of business any pistol, revolver, stun
4     gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
5     (a) (4) does not apply to or affect transportation of
6     weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
7             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
8             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
9             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
10         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
11         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
12         Owner's Identification Card; or
13         (5) Sets a spring gun; or
14         (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
15     designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
16     of any firearm; or
17         (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
18     carries:
19             (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
20         purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
21         shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
22         restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
23         without manually reloading by a single function of the
24         trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
25         weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
26         or carries any combination of parts designed or
27         intended for use in converting any weapon into a
28         machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
29         machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
30         possession or under the control of a person;
31             (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
32         16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
33         barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
34         made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,

 

 

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

 

 

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1             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
2             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
3             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
4         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
5         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
6         Owner's Identification Card.
7         A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
8     means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
9     charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
10     several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
11     hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
12     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
13     to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
14     device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
15     as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
16     clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
17     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
18     to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
19         (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
20     bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
21     bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
22     cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
23     which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
24     or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
25     a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
26     primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
27     contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
28     or
29         (12) (Blank).
30     (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
31 subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10), or
32 subsection 24-1(a)(11) commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person
33 convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9)
34 commits a Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of

 

 

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1 subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a
2 Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
3 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony, unless the weapon is
4 possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle as
5 defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or on
6 the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which case it shall
7 be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a second or
8 subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8),
9 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3 felony. The
10 possession of each weapon in violation of this Section
11 constitutes a single and separate violation.
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 5/24-1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.1)
6     Sec. 24-1.1. Unlawful Use or Possession of Weapons by
7 Felons or Persons in the Custody of the Department of
8 Corrections Facilities.
9     (a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly possess on or
10 about his person or on his land or in his own abode or fixed
11 place of business any weapon prohibited under Section 24-1 of
12 this Act or any firearm or any firearm ammunition if the person
13 has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or
14 any other jurisdiction. This Section shall not apply if the
15 person has been granted relief by the Director of the
16 Department of State Police under Section 10 of the Firearm
17 Owners Identification Card Act.
18     (b) It is unlawful for any person confined in a penal
19 institution, which is a facility of the Illinois Department of
20 Corrections, to possess any weapon prohibited under Section
21 24-1 of this Code or any firearm or firearm ammunition,
22 regardless of the intent with which he possesses it.
23     (c) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of
24 subsection (b), that such possession was specifically
25 authorized by rule, regulation, or directive of the Illinois
26 Department of Corrections or order issued pursuant thereto.
27     (d) The defense of necessity is not available to a person
28 who is charged with a violation of subsection (b) of this
29 Section.
30     (e) Sentence. Violation of this Section by a person not
31 confined in a penal institution shall be a Class 3 felony for
32 which the person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall
33 be sentenced to no less than 2 years and no more than 10 years.

 

 

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1 Violation of this Section by a person not confined in a penal
2 institution who has been convicted of a forcible felony, a
3 felony violation of Article 24 of this Code or of the Firearm
4 Owners Identification Card Act, stalking or aggravated
5 stalking, or a Class 2 or greater felony under the Illinois
6 Controlled Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act is a
7 Class 2 felony for which the person, if sentenced to a term of
8 imprisonment, shall be sentenced to not less than 3 years and
9 not more than 14 years. Violation of this Section by a person
10 who is on parole or mandatory supervised release is a Class 2
11 felony for which the person, if sentenced to a term of
12 imprisonment, shall be sentenced to not less than 3 years and
13 not more than 14 years. Violation of this Section by a person
14 not confined in a penal institution is a Class X felony when
15 the firearm possessed is a machine gun. Any person who violates
16 this Section while confined in a penal institution, which is a
17 facility of the Illinois Department of Corrections, is guilty
18 of a Class 1 felony, if he possesses any weapon prohibited
19 under Section 24-1 of this Code regardless of the intent with
20 which he possesses it, a Class X felony if he possesses any
21 firearm, firearm ammunition or explosive, and a Class X felony
22 for which the offender shall be sentenced to not less than 12
23 years and not more than 50 years when the firearm possessed is
24 a machine gun. A violation of this Section while wearing or in
25 possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1 is a Class
26 X felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than
27 10 years and not more than 40 years. The possession of each
28 firearm or firearm ammunition in violation of this Section
29 constitutes a single and separate violation.
30 (Source: P.A. 93-906, eff. 8-11-04.)
 
31     (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
32     Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
33     (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use

 

 

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1 of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
2         (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
3     vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
4     when on his or her land or in his or her abode or fixed
5     place of business any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
6     or other firearm; or
7         (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person,
8     upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within
9     the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated
10     town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
11     purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful
12     commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her own land
13     or in his or her own abode or fixed place of business, any
14     pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm; and
15         (3) One of the following factors is present:
16             (A) the firearm possessed was uncased, loaded and
17         immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
18             (B) the firearm possessed was uncased, unloaded
19         and the ammunition for the weapon was immediately
20         accessible at the time of the offense; or
21             (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
22         issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
23         Identification Card; or
24             (D) the person possessing the weapon was
25         previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
26         Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
27         by an adult would be a felony; or
28             (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
29         a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control Act or
30         in a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled
31         Substances Act; or
32             (F) the person possessing the weapon is a member of
33         a street gang or is engaged in street gang related
34         activity, as defined in Section 10 of the Illinois

 

 

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1         Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act; or
2             (G) the person possessing the weapon had a order of
3         protection issued against him or her within the
4         previous 2 years; or
5             (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
6         the commission or attempted commission of a
7         misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
8         against the person or property of another; or
9             (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
10         years of age and in possession of a handgun as defined
11         in Section 24-3, unless the person under 21 is engaged
12         in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code or
13         described in subsection 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or
14         24-2(f).
15     (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
16 same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
17     (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
18 transportation or possession of weapons that:
19             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
20             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
21             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
22         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
23         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
24         Owner's Identification Card.
25     (d) Sentence. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a
26 Class 4 felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2
27 felony. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person who has
28 been previously convicted of a felony in this State or another
29 jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony. Aggravated unlawful use of a
30 weapon while wearing or in possession of body armor as defined
31 in Section 33F-1 by a person who has not been issued a valid
32 Firearms Owner's Identification Card in accordance with
33 Section 5 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a
34 Class X felony. The possession of each firearm in violation of

 

 

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1 this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
2 (Source: P.A. 93-906, eff. 8-11-04.)
 
3     (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
4     Sec. 24-3. Unlawful Sale of Firearms.
5     (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale of
6 firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the following:
7         (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
8     concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
9     age.
10         (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
11     years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
12     than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
13         (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
14         (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
15     been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
16     other jurisdiction.
17         (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
18     been a patient in a mental hospital within the past 5
19     years.
20         (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
21     mentally retarded.
22         (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
23     concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
24     withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours
25     after application for its purchase has been made, or
26     delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, incidental
27     to a sale, without withholding delivery of such rifle,
28     shotgun or other long gun for at least 24 hours after
29     application for its purchase has been made. However, this
30     paragraph (g) does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm
31     to a law enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm
32     knows that the person to whom he or she is selling the
33     firearm is a law enforcement officer or the sale of a

 

 

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1     firearm to a person who desires to purchase a firearm for
2     use in promoting the public interest incident to his or her
3     employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
4     similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
5     nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
6     to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
7     of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
8     firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
9     Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
10     a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
11     Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
12     U.S.C. 923). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
13     "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
14     agreement to purchase a firearm.
15         (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
16     manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
17     Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
18     unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
19     or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
20     other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
21     temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
22     purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
23     the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
24     "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
25     fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
26     combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
27     assembled.
28         (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
29     under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
30     Owner's Identification Card.
31         (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
32     business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
33     being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
34     923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).

 

 

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1     In this paragraph (j):
2         A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
3     devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
4     activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
5     principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
6     include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
7     or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
8     trigger mechanisms to firearms.
9         "With the principal objective of livelihood and
10     profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
11     disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
12     livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
13     such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
14     collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
15     as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
16     purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
17     or terrorism.
18         (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
19     person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
20     the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
21     Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
22     transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
23     the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
24     Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
25     firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
26     possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
27     Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
28     For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
29     Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
30     Identification Card that has not expired or (ii) if the
31     transferor is licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
32     Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
33     U.S.C. 923), an approval number issued in accordance with
34     Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act

 

 

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1     shall be proof that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card
2     was valid.
3     (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
4 firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
5 78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
6 nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
7 purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
8 Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
9 provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
10 shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
11 if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
12 after the enactment of that Public Act.
13     (C) Sentence.
14         (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
15     in violation of any of paragraphs (c) through (h) of
16     subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
17         (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
18     in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of subsection (A)
19     commits a Class 3 felony.
20         (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
21     in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A) commits a
22     Class 2 felony.
23         (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
24     in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of subsection
25     (A) in any school, on the real property comprising a
26     school, within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a
27     school, at a school related activity, or on or within 1,000
28     feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a
29     school or school district to transport students to or from
30     school or a school related activity, regardless of the time
31     of day or time of year at which the offense was committed,
32     commits a Class 1 felony. Any person convicted of a second
33     or subsequent violation of unlawful sale of firearms in
34     violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of subsection (A)

 

 

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1     in any school, on the real property comprising a school,
2     within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a school,
3     at a school related activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of
4     any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school or
5     school district to transport students to or from school or
6     a school related activity, regardless of the time of day or
7     time of year at which the offense was committed, commits a
8     Class 1 felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
9     imprisonment of no less than 5 years and no more than 15
10     years.
11         (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
12     in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A) in
13     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
14     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
15     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, in
16     a public park, in a courthouse, on residential property
17     owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
18     leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
19     site or mixed-income development, on the real property
20     comprising any public park, on the real property comprising
21     any courthouse, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of
22     the real property comprising any public park, courthouse,
23     or 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     commits a Class 2 felony.
27         (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
28     in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A) commits a
29     Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a
30     Class 4 felony.
31         (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
32     in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) commits a
33     Class 4 felony. A third or subsequent conviction for a
34     violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) is a Class 1

 

 

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1     felony.
2     (D) For purposes of this Section:
3     "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
4 school, community college, college, or university.
5     "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
6 academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
7 participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
8 part by a school or school district.
9     (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
10 subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
11 after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
12 violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
13 subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
14 after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
15 paragraph.
16 (Source: P.A. 93-162, eff. 7-10-03; 93-906, eff. 8-11-04.)
 
17     (720 ILCS 5/24-3.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1)
18     Sec. 24-3.1. Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm
19 ammunition.
20     (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of
21 firearms or firearm ammunition when:
22         (1) He is under 18 years of age and has in his
23     possession any firearm of a size which may be concealed
24     upon the person; or
25         (2) He is under 21 years of age, has been convicted of
26     a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
27     delinquent and has any firearms or firearm ammunition in
28     his possession; or
29         (3) He is a narcotic addict and has any firearms or
30     firearm ammunition in his possession; or
31         (4) He has been a patient in a mental hospital within
32     the past 5 years and has any firearms or firearm ammunition
33     in his possession; or

 

 

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1         (5) He is mentally retarded and has any firearms or
2     firearm ammunition in his possession; or
3         (6) He has in his possession any explosive bullet.
4     For purposes of this paragraph "explosive bullet" means the
5 projectile portion of an ammunition cartridge which contains or
6 carries an explosive charge which will explode upon contact
7 with the flesh of a human or an animal. "Cartridge" means a
8 tubular metal case having a projectile affixed at the front
9 thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with the
10 propellant contained in such tube between the projectile and
11 the cap; or
12     (b) Sentence.
13     Unlawful possession of firearms, other than handguns, and
14 firearm ammunition is a Class A misdemeanor. Unlawful
15 possession of handguns is a Class 4 felony. The possession of
16 each firearm or firearm ammunition in violation of this Section
17 constitutes a single and separate violation.
18     (c) Nothing in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
19 Section prohibits a person under 18 years of age from
20 participating in any lawful recreational activity with a
21 firearm such as, but not limited to, practice shooting at
22 targets upon established public or private target ranges or
23 hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance with the Wildlife
24 Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-696, eff. 4-13-00; 92-839, eff. 8-22-02.)
 
26     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.".