From the Illinois General Assembly

[darbs]

While I feel my "google-fu" is okay, I have yet to see even a blurb on the local news...

From :
State of Illinois
Bill Status of HB1294
97th General Assembly

CRIM CD-ASSAULT WEAPON-PROHIB

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, it is unlawful for any person within this State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or possess or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, purchased, or possessed a semi-automatic assault weapon, an assault weapon attachment, any .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge. Provides that beginning 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, it is unlawful for any person within this State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or possess or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, purchased, or possessed a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Provides that these provisions do not apply to a person who possessed a prohibited weapon, device, or attachment before the effective date of this amendatory Act if the person has provided proof of ownership to the Department of State Police within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act, such person may transfer such device only to an heir, an individual residing in another state maintaining that device in another state, or a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer. Specifies penalties for violations. Provides exemptions. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.


http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1294&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97

All that talk about me getting a van to help BHO move, maybe we need to move out of Illinois first.. :rolleyes:

[charlietwo]

Illinois = snake pit. All the beautiful terrain and soil of your average Midwestern American state (like Indiana!), but with the dark core of socialist dystopia.

I want out! Blech!:mad:

[dr. mabuse]

Remember eating at Cedars cafe in Lebanon and listening to some men expressing their disdain for the whole "deer hunting thing".

They weren't metrosexuals or professor-looking folks from McKendree.

Strange state. :munchin

[mark46th]

I wonder, to which .50 caliber they are referring? .50 cal Muzzle loader? .500 S&W pistol? .50 cal Beowolf? .50 cal BMG?

[tunanut]

I wonder what defines "assult rifle"?

found it. full text here. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=84&GA=97&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=1294&GAID=11&LegID=&SpecSess=&Session=

Full Text of HB1294

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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 adding
5 Sections 24-1.9 and 24-1.10 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 new)
7 Sec. 24-1.9. Manufacture, possession, delivery, sale, and
8 purchase of semi-automatic assault weapons, assault weapon
9 attachments, .50 caliber rifles, and .50 caliber cartridges.
10 (a) Definitions. In this Section:
11 (1) "Semi-automatic assault weapon" means:
12 (A) any of the firearms or types, replicas, or
13 duplicates in any caliber of the firearms, known as:
14 (i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies
15 Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models);
16 (ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries
17 UZI and Galil;
18 (iii) Beretta AR-70 (SC-70);
19 (iv) Colt AR-15;
20 (v) Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and
21 FNC;
22 (vi) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;
23 (vii) Steyr AUG;




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1
2 (viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9, and TEC-22;
3 and
4 (ix) any shotgun which contains its ammunition
5 in a revolving cylinder, such as (but not limited
6 to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12;
7 (B) a semi-automatic rifle that has an ability to
8 accept a detachable magazine and has any of the
9 following:
10 (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
11 (ii) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;
12 (iii) a shroud that is attached to, or
13 partially or completely encircles the barrel, and
14 that permits the shooter to hold the firearm with
15 the non-trigger hand without being burned; or
16 (iv) a fixed magazine that has the capacity to
17 accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition;
18 (C) a semi-automatic pistol that has an ability to
19 accept a detachable magazine and has any of the
20 following:
21 (i) a folding, telescoping, or thumbhole
22 stock;
23 (ii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially
24 or completely encircles the barrel, and that
25 permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the
26 non-trigger hand without being burned;




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1 (iii) an ammunition magazine that attaches to
2 the pistol outside of the pistol grip;
3 (iv) a fixed magazine that has the capacity to
4 accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition;
5 (v) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more
6 when the pistol is unloaded; or
7 (vi) a semi-automatic version of an automatic
8 firearm;
9 (D) a semi-automatic shotgun that has any of the
10 following:
11 (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
12 (ii) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;
13 (iii) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5
14 rounds; or
15 (iv) an ability to accept a detachable
16 magazine.
17 "Semi-automatic assault weapon" does not
18 include:
19 (A) any firearm that:
20 (i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever,
21 or slide action;
22 (ii) is an "unserviceable firearm" or has been
23 made permanently inoperable; or
24 (iii) is an antique firearm;
25 (B) any air rifle as defined in Section 1 of the
26 Air Rifle Act.




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1 (2) "Assault weapon attachment" means any device
2 capable of being attached to a firearm that is specifically
3 designed for making or converting a firearm into any of the
4 firearms listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
5 Section.
6 (3) "Antique firearm" has the meaning ascribed to it in
7 18 U.S.C. Section 921 (a)(16).
8 (4) ".50 caliber rifle" means a centerfire rifle
9 capable of firing a .50 caliber cartridge. The term does
10 not include any antique firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C.
11 Section 921 (a)(16), any shotgun including a shotgun that
12 has a rifle barrel, or a muzzle-loader used for "black
13 powder" hunting or battle re-enactments.
14 (5) ".50 caliber cartridge" means a cartridge in .50
15 BMG caliber, either by designation or actual measurement,
16 that is capable of being fired from a centerfire rifle. The
17 term ".50 caliber cartridge" does not include any
18 memorabilia or display item that is filled with a permanent
19 inert substance or that is otherwise permanently altered in
20 a manner that prevents ready modification for use as live
21 ammunition or shotgun ammunition with a caliber
22 measurement that is equal to or greater than .50 caliber.
23 (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), 90 days
24 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
25 General Assembly, it is unlawful for any person within this
26 State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or




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1 possess or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold,
2 purchased, or possessed, a semi-automatic assault weapon, an
3 assault weapon attachment, any .50 caliber rifle, or .50
4 caliber cartridge.

[charlietwo]

Remember eating at Cedars cafe in Lebanon and listening to some men expressing their disdain for the whole "deer hunting thing".

They weren't metrosexuals or professor-looking folks from McKendree.

Strange state. :munchin

You talking about Lebanon, Indiana? I grew up most of my life there :) Good town, but crazy girls in the grade schools.

[dr. mabuse]

Lebanon, IL.

Nice place but odd people. IIRC, TV show Peyton Place was on then and was oddly similar to the town. Had an early crush on Barbara Parkins on that show.

Actually walked alone ~1/4 mile each way in the snow to school in 3rd grade unmolested.

Peru, In. was nice as well, ~ 52 years ago. :)