Bill Text: IL HB1408 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card may transport in a vehicle an accessible rifle, shotgun, or other long gun without the weapon being broken down in a non-functioning state or without the weapon being enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container if the firearm is unloaded.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1408 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1408-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1408 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.6
720 ILCS 5/24-2
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card may transport in a vehicle an accessible rifle, shotgun, or other long gun without the weapon being broken down in a non-functioning state or without the weapon being enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container if the firearm is unloaded.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Sections 24-1, 24-1.6, and 24-2 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
when he knowingly:
(1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife,
commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
(2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or

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deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
(3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
years of age or older; or
(4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
or about his person except when on his land or in his own
abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on
the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an
invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect
transportation of:
(A) weapons, other than rifles, shotguns, or other
long guns that are transported in a vehicle, that meet
one of the following conditions:
(i) are broken down in a non-functioning
state; or
(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case,
firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other
container by a person who has been issued a
currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
Card; or

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(B) rifles, shotguns, or other long guns in a
vehicle by a person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card if the
firearms are unloaded; or
(5) Sets a spring gun; or
(6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
of any firearm; or
(7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
carries:
(i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
without manually reloading by a single function of the
trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
or carries any combination of parts designed or
intended for use in converting any weapon into a
machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
possession or under the control of a person;
(ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,

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modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
or
(iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
other container containing an explosive substance of
over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
(8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body
or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
conducted.
This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
(9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
(10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
any public street, alley, or other public lands within the

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corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town,
except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode,
legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land
or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee
with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun
gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
(a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of
weapons as provided in subsection 24-1(a)(4)(B) or that
meet one of the following conditions:
(i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card.
A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or

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clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
(11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
or
(12) (Blank); or
(13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
of wood or other man-made material.
(b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of

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subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this
Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
(c) Violations in specific places.
(1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development, on the real property comprising

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any public park, on the real property comprising any
courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
by a school to transport students to or from school or a
school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased,
or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any
public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public
transportation facility, or residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony and shall
be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
years and not more than 7 years.
(1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
time of day or the time of year, in residential property
owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
the real property comprising any public park, on the real
property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance

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owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
students to or from school or a school related activity, in
any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
feet of the real property comprising any school, public
park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
commits a Class 3 felony.
(2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
time of day or the time of year, in residential property
owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
real property comprising any public park, on the real
property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
students to or from school or a school related activity, in
any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public

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transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
feet of the real property comprising any school, public
park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
this State for the conduct of official business.
(3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
(c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
officers of such school, college, or university or to
students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
package.
(4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
community college, college, or university.
(5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
transportation agency" means a public or private agency
that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
persons by means available to the general public, except
for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance

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of the general public as passengers; and "public
transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
where one may obtain public transportation.
(d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
not apply to the driver.
(e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of
ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-809, eff. 1-1-09;
95-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-41, eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09;
96-742, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
(720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use

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of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
(1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
when on his or her land or in his or her abode, legal
dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
taser or other firearm; or
(2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person,
upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within
the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated
town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful
commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her own land
or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
another person as an invitee with that person's permission,
any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm;
and
(3) One of the following factors is present:
(A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and
immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
(A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible at the
time of the offense and the person possessing the

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pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a
currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act; or
(B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the
ammunition for the weapon was immediately accessible
at the time of the offense; or
(B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for the
weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the
offense and the person possessing the pistol,
revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently
valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or
(C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card; or
(D) the person possessing the weapon was
previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
by an adult would be a felony; or
(E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control Act, in
a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
or

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(F) (blank); or
(G) the person possessing the weapon had a order of
protection issued against him or her within the
previous 2 years; or
(H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
the commission or attempted commission of a
misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
against the person or property of another; or
(I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
years of age and in possession of a handgun, unless the
person under 21 is engaged in lawful activities under
the Wildlife Code or described in subsection
24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f).
(a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning
given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
(c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
transportation or possession of weapons as provided in
subsection 24-1(a)(4)(B) or that:
(i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person
who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card.

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(d) Sentence.
(1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4
felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony
for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
years.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
(4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a
person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in
both items (A) and (C) or both items (A-5) and (C) of
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are present is a Class 4
felony, for which the person shall be sentenced to a term
of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than
3 years.
(3) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person who
has been previously convicted of a felony in this State or
another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for which the
person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
(4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing
or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1
by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms
Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X
felony.

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(e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
(720 ILCS 5/24-2)
Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
(a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
the following:
(1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
while in the performance of their official duty, or while
commuting between their homes and places of employment.
(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
of their official duty.
(4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
the duties of their employment or commuting between their
homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually

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engaged in the performance of the duties of their
employment.
(5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
employed by an agency certified by the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while
actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
employment or commuting between their homes and places of
employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished
within one hour from departure from home or place of
employment, as the case may be. A person shall be
considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
contractor, or employee of a licensed agency and 20 hours
of required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
control card by the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the

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private security contractor, private detective, or private
alarm contractor, or employee of the licensed agency at all
times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon.
(6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
of persons employed and private property related to such
commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
least 5 persons registered with the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
guard has successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
hours of training that includes the theory of law
enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required
firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control
card by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of

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the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon.
(7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
any investigation for the Commission.
(8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
protection of other employees and property related to such
financial institution, while actually engaged in the
performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by such financial
institution, provided that any person so employed has
successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
training which includes theory of law enforcement,
liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the

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Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
for those issued under the provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control
card shall be carried by the person so trained at all times
when such person is in possession of a concealable weapon.
For purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
company providing armored car services.
(9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
performance of his duties.
(10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
(11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
(12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
(12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
places of employment or specific locations that are part of

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their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
of the circuit for which they are employed, if they have
received weapons training according to requirements of the
Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
(13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
of their official duties, or while commuting between their
homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
Sheriff.
(13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
who has completed the background screening and training
mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
(14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
(13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
(a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
the commission of the offense.
(b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
(1) Members of any club or organization organized for
the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon

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established target ranges, whether public or private, and
patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
using their firearms on those target ranges.
(2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
while parading, with the special permission of the
Governor.
(3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
(4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
(5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
permission.
(c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
of the following:
(1) Peace officers while in performance of their
official duties.
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
the performance of their official duty.
(4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
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(3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
are not immediately accessible.
(5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
This exemption does not authorize the general private
possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
firing device, but only such possession and activities as
are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
business described in this paragraph.
During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
accessible.
(6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
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to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
of the United States, when such activities are necessary
and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
scope of his employment, where such activities involving
such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
(7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
recognized military re-enacting group and the modification
is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
as modified is not less than 26 inches.
(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
officer.
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manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
(f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
(g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
to:
(1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
the performance of their official duty.
(2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
ordinance.
(3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
ballistics, or specializing in the development of
ammunition or explosive ordinance.
(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
(g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
by an exempted manufacturer.

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(g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
general private possession of any device or attachment of any
kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
business described in this subsection (g-5). During
transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
or not immediately accessible.
(g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
Corrections.
(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
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kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
(g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
connection with such athlete's training for and participation
in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
and Paralympic Games.
(h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
of proving such an exemption.
(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
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nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card; and
nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
transportation of any rifle, shotgun, or other long gun in a
vehicle by a person who has been issued a currently valid
Firearm Owner's Identification Card if the firearm is unloaded.
(Source: P.A. 97-465, eff. 8-22-11; 97-676, eff. 6-1-12;
97-936, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1010, eff. 1-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13;
98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)