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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Sections 24-1 and 24-2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
7     Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
8     (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
9 when he knowingly:
10         (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11     carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12     sand-bag, metal knuckles, throwing star, or any knife,
13     commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
14     blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
15     a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
16     knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
17     a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
18     spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
19         (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
20     unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
21     dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
22     piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
23     deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or

 

 

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1         (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
2     tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
3     noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
4     containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
5     designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
6     years of age or older; or
7         (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
8     or about his person except when on his land or in his own
9     abode or fixed place of business any pistol, revolver, stun
10     gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
11     (a) (4) does not apply to or affect transportation of
12     weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
13             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
14             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
15             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
16         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
17         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
18         Owner's Identification Card; or
19         (5) Sets a spring gun; or
20         (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
21     designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
22     of any firearm; or
23         (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
24     carries:
25             (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
26         purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which

 

 

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1         shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
2         restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
3         without manually reloading by a single function of the
4         trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
5         weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
6         or carries any combination of parts designed or
7         intended for use in converting any weapon into a
8         machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
9         machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
10         possession or under the control of a person;
11             (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
12         16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
13         barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
14         made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
15         modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
16         modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
17         or
18             (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
19         other container containing an explosive substance of
20         over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
21         not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
22         cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
23         (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
24     or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
25     sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
26     held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body

 

 

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1     or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
2     excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
3     involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
4     conducted.
5         This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
6     raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
7     issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
8     engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
9         (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
10     his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
11     firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
12     masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
13         (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
14     any public street, alley, or other public lands within the
15     corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town,
16     except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
17     of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
18     weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode or
19     fixed place of business, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
20     taser or other firearm, except that this subsection (a)
21     (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons
22     that meet one of the following conditions:
23             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
24             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
25             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
26         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a

 

 

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1         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
2         Owner's Identification Card.
3         A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
4     means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
5     charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
6     several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
7     hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
8     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
9     to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
10     device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
11     as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
12     clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
13     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
14     to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
15         (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
16     bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
17     bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
18     cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
19     which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
20     or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
21     a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
22     primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
23     contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
24     or
25         (12) (Blank); or .
26         (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person

 

 

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1     while in a building owned or operated by a unit of
2     government any knife, sword, billy club, club, razor, or
3     other weapon or other instrument intended for use as a
4     weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy or billy
5     club" means a short stick or club commonly carried by
6     police officers which is either telescopic or constructed
7     of a solid piece of wood or other man-made material.
8     (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
9 subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10), or
10 subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
11 Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
12 subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
13 person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
14 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
15 convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
16 Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
17 of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
18 weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
19 vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
20 Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
21 case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
22 second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
23 24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
24 felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this
25 Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
26     (c) Violations in specific places.

 

 

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1         (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
2     24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
3     the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
4     or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
5     housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
6     development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
7     property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
8     day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
9     operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
10     a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
11     mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
12     any public park, on the real property comprising any
13     courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
14     by a school to transport students to or from school or a
15     school related activity, or on any public way within 1,000
16     feet of the real property comprising any school, public
17     park, courthouse, or residential property owned, operated,
18     or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
19     housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
20     development commits a Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced
21     to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not
22     more than 7 years.
23         (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
24     24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
25     time of day or the time of year, in residential property
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1     leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
2     site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
3     courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
4     regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
5     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
6     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
7     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
8     the real property comprising any public park, on the real
9     property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
10     owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
11     students to or from school or a school related activity, or
12     on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
13     comprising any school, public park, courthouse, or
14     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
15     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
16     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
17     commits a Class 3 felony.
18         (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
19     24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
20     time of day or the time of year, in residential property
21     owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
22     leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
23     site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
24     courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
25     regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
26     residential property owned, operated or managed by a public

 

 

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1     housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
2     of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
3     real property comprising any public park, on the real
4     property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
5     owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
6     students to or from school or a school related activity, or
7     on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
8     comprising any school, public park, courthouse, or
9     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
10     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
11     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
12     commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
13     that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
14     this State for the conduct of official business.
15         (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
16     (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
17     officers of such school, college, or university or to
18     students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
19     training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
20     school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
21     authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
22     enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
23     package.
24         (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
25     means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
26     community college, college, or university.

 

 

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1     (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
2 omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
3 subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
4 possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
5 such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
6 substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
7 (i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
8 the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
9 weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
10 operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
11 and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
12 not apply to the driver.
13     (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
14 Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of
15 ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
16 of this Section.
17 (Source: P.A. 94-72, eff. 1-1-06; 94-284, eff. 7-21-05; 95-331,
18 eff. 8-21-07.)
 
19     (720 ILCS 5/24-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2)
20     Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
21     (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), and 24-1(a)(10),
22 and 24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect
23 any of the following:
24         (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
25     officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the

 

 

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1     peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
2         (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
3     penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
4     detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
5     while in the performance of their official duty, or while
6     commuting between their homes and places of employment.
7         (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
8     the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
9     Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
10     of their official duty.
11         (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
12     utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
13     car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
14     the duties of their employment or commuting between their
15     homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
16     engaged in the performance of the duties of their
17     employment.
18         (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
19     private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
20     employed by an agency certified by the Department of
21     Professional Regulation, if their duties include the
22     carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
23     Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
24     Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged
25     in the performance of the duties of their employment or
26     commuting between their homes and places of employment,

 

 

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

 

 

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1     training that includes the theory of law enforcement,
2     liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
3     shall be considered eligible for this exemption if he or
4     she has completed the required 20 hours of training for a
5     security officer and 20 hours of required firearm training,
6     and has been issued a firearm control card by the
7     Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
8     renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
9     provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
10     cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
11     Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
12     Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control card shall be
13     carried by the security guard at all times when he or she
14     is in possession of a concealable weapon.
15         (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
16     Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
17     Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
18     24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
19     any investigation for the Commission.
20         (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
21     protection of other employees and property related to such
22     financial institution, while actually engaged in the
23     performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
24     and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
25     properties owned or operated by such financial
26     institution, provided that any person so employed has

 

 

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1     successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
2     supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
3     consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
4     includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts, and
5     the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered to be
6     eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
7     required 20 hours of training for a security officer and 20
8     hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
9     firearm control card by the Department of Professional
10     Regulation. Conditions for renewal of firearm control
11     cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
12     the same as for those issued under the provisions of the
13     Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
14     Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm
15     control card shall be carried by the person so trained at
16     all times when such person is in possession of a
17     concealable weapon. For purposes of this subsection,
18     "financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan
19     association, credit union or company providing armored car
20     services.
21         (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
22     drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
23     performance of his duties.
24         (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
25     pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
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1     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
2     governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
3     Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
4     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
5         (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
6     Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
7         (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
8     their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
9     places of employment or specific locations that are part of
10     their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
11     of the circuit for which they are employed.
12         (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
13     of their official duties, or while commuting between their
14     homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
15     Sheriff.
16         (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
17     a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
18     facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
19     who has completed the background screening and training
20     mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
21     Regulatory Commission.
22         (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
23     to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
24     (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
25     (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
26 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:

 

 

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1         (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
2     the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
3     established target ranges, whether public or private, and
4     patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
5     using their firearms on those target ranges.
6         (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
7     while parading, with the special permission of the
8     Governor.
9         (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
10     permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
11         (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
12     non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
13     (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
14 of the following:
15         (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
16     official duties.
17         (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
18     penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
19     detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
20         (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
21     the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
22     the performance of their official duty.
23         (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
24     guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
25     (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
26     machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or

 

 

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1     are not immediately accessible.
2         (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
3     any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
4     discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
5     ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
6     business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
7     only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
8     scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
9     transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
10     This exemption does not authorize the general private
11     possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
12     bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
13     firing device, but only such possession and activities as
14     are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
15     business described in 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

 

 

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1     United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
2     of the United States, when such activities are necessary
3     and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
4         The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
5     shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
6     contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
7     scope of his employment, where such activities involving
8     such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
9     incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
10         During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
11     down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
12     accessible.
13     (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
14 possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
15 officer.
16     (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
17 manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
18 subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
19     (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
20 Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
21 organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
22 at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
23 private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
24     (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
25 to:
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1     the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
2     the performance of their official duty.
3         (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
4     ordinance.
5         (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
6     ballistics, or specializing in the development of
7     ammunition or explosive ordinance.
8         (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
9     explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
10     by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
11     those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
12     (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
13     outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
14     bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
15     Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
16     by an exempted manufacturer.
17     (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
18 persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
19 attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
20 silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
21 for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
22 engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
23 firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
24 that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
25 manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
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1 general private possession of any device or attachment of any
2 kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
3 report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
4 as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
5 business described in this subsection (g-5). During
6 transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
7 or not immediately accessible.
8     (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
9 any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
10 contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
11 of proving such an exemption.
12     (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
13 affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
14 pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
15 to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
16 Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
17 carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
18 transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
19 nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
20 transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
21 revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
22 and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
23 this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
24 carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
25 possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
26 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)