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I have read a bunch of stuff sayin only certain ones are legal. Large bore are then they are not. I tried looking in 720 and just get a headache. Which catagories are and which are not. |
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Originally Posted By ARMALITE-FAN: I have read a bunch of stuff sayin only certain ones are legal. Large bore are then they are not. I tried looking in 720 and just get a headache. Which catagories are and which are not. Hi from WI. I used to be a SOT and had a few clients in IL. Here’s my understanding: 1. It has to be legal as a Title 1. So if it’s a semiauto, it must be IL AWB compliant. 2. I have found a million conflicting opinions about the IL legality of Title 1 PGO non-shotguns. This is important because it plays into whether you could chop one into a <26” OAL AOW. I truly don’t know how that plays out. If you’re seeing them sold openly, I’d feel better about chopping one. If not, be cautious. I don’t know how IL law defines a SBS but you don’t want to run afoul of that. 3. Despite state pre-emption, I understand Cook County (Chicagoland) adds to the foolishness and generally does what it wants. If you’re in Cook County, be wary and move cautiously. |
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I have an approved Form 1 for an AOW in Illinois (briefcase gun), so they certainly are not blanket denied. "Assault weapons" and .50 caliber or larger aside, this is generally what applies at the state level (these are exerpts I pulled from the law to try to make it more clear. There are many other parts of the law that one should be familiar with such as school zones, etc, but for this conversation, this is what is pertinent, plus the "assault weapons" aspect): (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: (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, 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... _______________________________________________________________________________ Exemptions: Short-barreled Rifle Exemption: (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. NFA Manufacturer Exemption: (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any of the following: (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through (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. Suppressor Exemption for NFA Manufacturers: (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device 9or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use 10in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or 11ammunition 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). The other exemptions are what you would expect... law enforcement, military, etc. |
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