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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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Sections 24-1, 24-1.6, 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
9when he knowingly:
10 (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11 carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
13 regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife,
14 commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
15 blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
16 a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
17 knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
18 a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
19 spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
20 (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
21 unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
22 dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
23 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or

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

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1 (B) rifles, shotguns, or other long guns in a
2 vehicle by a person who has been issued a currently
3 valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card if the
4 firearms are unloaded; or
5 (5) Sets a spring gun; or
6 (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
7 designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
8 of any firearm; or
9 (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
10 carries:
11 (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
12 purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
13 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
14 restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
15 without manually reloading by a single function of the
16 trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
17 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
18 or carries any combination of parts designed or
19 intended for use in converting any weapon into a
20 machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
21 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
22 possession or under the control of a person;
23 (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
24 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
25 barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
26 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

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

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1 clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
2 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
3 to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
4 (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
5 bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
6 bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
7 cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
8 which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
9 or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
10 a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
11 primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
12 contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
13 or
14 (12) (Blank); or
15 (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
16 while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
17 billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
18 instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
19 For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
20 short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
21 which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
22 of wood or other man-made material.
23 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
24subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
25subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
26Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of

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1subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
2person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
324-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
4convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
5Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
6of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
7weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
8vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
9Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
10case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
11second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
1224-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
13felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this
14Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
15 (c) Violations in specific places.
16 (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
17 24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
18 the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
19 or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
20 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
21 development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
22 property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
23 day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
24 operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
25 a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
26 mixed-income development, on the real property comprising

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

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1 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
2 students to or from school or a school related activity, in
3 any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
4 transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
5 feet of the real property comprising any school, public
6 park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
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
10 commits a Class 3 felony.
11 (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
12 24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
13 time of day or the time of year, in residential property
14 owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
15 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
16 site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
17 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
18 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
19 residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
20 housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
21 of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
22 real property comprising any public park, on the real
23 property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
24 owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
25 students to or from school or a school related activity, in
26 any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public

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

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1 of the general public as passengers; and "public
2 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
3 where one may obtain public transportation.
4 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
5omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
6subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
7possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
8such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
9substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
10(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
11the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
12weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
13operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
14and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
15not apply to the driver.
16 (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
17Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of
18ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
19of this Section.
20(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-809, eff. 1-1-09;
2195-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-41, eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09;
2296-742, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
23 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
24 Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
25 (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use

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1of 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, legal
5 dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
6 the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
7 that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
8 taser or other firearm; or
9 (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person,
10 upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within
11 the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated
12 town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
13 purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful
14 commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her own land
15 or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
16 of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
17 another person as an invitee with that person's permission,
18 any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm;
19 and
20 (3) One of the following factors is present:
21 (A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
22 handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and
23 immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
24 (A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
25 was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible at the
26 time of the offense and the person possessing the

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1 pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a
2 currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed
3 Carry Act; or
4 (B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
5 handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the
6 ammunition for the weapon was immediately accessible
7 at the time of the offense; or
8 (B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
9 was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for the
10 weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the
11 offense and the person possessing the pistol,
12 revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently
13 valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or
14 (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
15 issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
16 Identification Card; or
17 (D) the person possessing the weapon was
18 previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
19 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
20 by an adult would be a felony; or
21 (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
22 a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control Act, in
23 a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled
24 Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the
25 Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
26 or

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1 (F) (blank); 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, unless the
11 person under 21 is engaged in lawful activities under
12 the Wildlife Code or described in subsection
13 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f).
14 (a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning
15given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
16 (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
17same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
18 (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
19transportation or possession of weapons as provided in
20subsection 24-1(a)(4)(B) or that:
21 (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
22 (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
23 (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
24 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person
25 who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
26 Identification Card.

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1 (d) Sentence.
2 (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4
3 felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony
4 for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
5 imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
6 years.
7 (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
8 (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
9 unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a
10 person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in
11 both items (A) and (C) or both items (A-5) and (C) of
12 paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are present is a Class 4
13 felony, for which the person shall be sentenced to a term
14 of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than
15 3 years.
16 (3) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person who
17 has been previously convicted of a felony in this State or
18 another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for which the
19 person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
20 less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
21 (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing
22 or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1
23 by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms
24 Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of
25 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X
26 felony.

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1 (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
2Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
3(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
4 (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
5 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
6 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
724-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
8the following:
9 (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
10 officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
11 peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
12 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
13 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
14 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
15 while in the performance of their official duty, or while
16 commuting between their homes and places of employment.
17 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
18 the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
19 Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
20 of their official duty.
21 (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
22 utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
23 car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
24 the duties of their employment or commuting between their
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1 engaged in the performance of the duties of their
2 employment.
3 (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
4 private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
5 employed by an agency certified by the Department of
6 Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties
7 include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
8 the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
9 Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while
10 actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
11 employment or commuting between their homes and places of
12 employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished
13 within one hour from departure from home or place of
14 employment, as the case may be. A person shall be
15 considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
16 completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
17 security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
18 contractor, or employee of a licensed agency and 20 hours
19 of required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
20 control card by the Department of Financial and
21 Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
22 firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
23 Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
24 the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
25 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
26 2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the

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

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1 the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
2 Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
3 control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
4 times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
5 weapon.
6 (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
7 Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
8 Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
9 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
10 any investigation for the Commission.
11 (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
12 protection of other employees and property related to such
13 financial institution, while actually engaged in the
14 performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
15 and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
16 properties owned or operated by such financial
17 institution, provided that any person so employed has
18 successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
19 supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
20 Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
21 training which includes theory of law enforcement,
22 liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
23 shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
24 or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
25 a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
26 training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the

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1 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
2 Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
3 under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
4 for those issued under the provisions of the Private
5 Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
6 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control
7 card shall be carried by the person so trained at all times
8 when such person is in possession of a concealable weapon.
9 For purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
10 means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
11 company providing armored car services.
12 (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
13 drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
14 performance of his duties.
15 (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
16 pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
17 (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
18 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
19 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
20 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
21 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
22 (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
23 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
24 (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
25 their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
26 places of employment or specific locations that are part of

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1 their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
2 of the circuit for which they are employed, if they have
3 received weapons training according to requirements of the
4 Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
5 (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
6 of their official duties, or while commuting between their
7 homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
8 Sheriff.
9 (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
10 a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
11 facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
12 who has completed the background screening and training
13 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
14 Regulatory Commission.
15 (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
16 to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
17 (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
18 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
19to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
20or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
21license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
22the commission of the offense.
23 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
2424-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
25 (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
26 the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon

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1 established target ranges, whether public or private, and
2 patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
3 using their firearms on those target ranges.
4 (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
5 while parading, with the special permission of the
6 Governor.
7 (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
8 permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
9 (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
10 non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
11 (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
12 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
13 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
14 permission.
15 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
16of the following:
17 (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
18 official duties.
19 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
20 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
21 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
22 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
23 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
24 the performance of their official duty.
25 (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
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1 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
2 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
3 are not immediately accessible.
4 (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
5 any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
6 discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
7 ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
8 business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
9 only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
10 scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
11 transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
12 This exemption does not authorize the general private
13 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
14 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
15 firing device, but only such possession and activities as
16 are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
17 business described in this paragraph.
18 During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
19 down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
20 accessible.
21 (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
22 transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
23 activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
24 weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
25 such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
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1 to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
2 of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
3 United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
4 of the United States, when such activities are necessary
5 and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
6 The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
7 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
8 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
9 scope of his employment, where such activities involving
10 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
11 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
12 (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
13 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
14 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
15 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
16 the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
17 recognized military re-enacting group and the modification
18 is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
19 for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
20 possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
21 membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
22 as modified is not less than 26 inches.
23 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
24possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
25officer.
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1manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
2subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
3 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
4Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
5organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
6at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
7private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
8 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
9to:
10 (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
11 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
12 the performance of their official duty.
13 (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
14 ordinance.
15 (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
16 ballistics, or specializing in the development of
17 ammunition or explosive ordinance.
18 (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
19 explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
20 by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
21 those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
22 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
23 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
24 bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
25 Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
26 by an exempted manufacturer.

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1 (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
2persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
3attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
4silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
5for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
6engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
7firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
8that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
9manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
10firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
11general private possession of any device or attachment of any
12kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
13report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
14as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
15business described in this subsection (g-5). During
16transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
17or not immediately accessible.
18 (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1924-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
20supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
21prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
22Corrections.
23 (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
24officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
25or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
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1kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
2report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
3maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
4duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
5 (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
624-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
7athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
8Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
9competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
10Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
11International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
12connection with such athlete's training for and participation
13in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
14Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
15and Paralympic Games.
16 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
17any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
18contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
19of proving such an exemption.
20 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
21affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
22pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
23to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
24Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
25carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
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1nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
2transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
3revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
4and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
5this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
6carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
7possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card; and
8nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
9transportation of any rifle, shotgun, or other long gun in a
10vehicle by a person who has been issued a currently valid
11Firearm Owner's Identification Card if the firearm is unloaded.
12(Source: P.A. 97-465, eff. 8-22-11; 97-676, eff. 6-1-12;
1397-936, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1010, eff. 1-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13;
1498-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)