Illinois Assault Weapons Ban in the works

[White Israelite]

Please look up your State Senators and Representatives
and then goto http://capwiz.com/nssf/issues/
to make your voice heard, otherwise, what are we doing here..
just whining?

Bills in both Illinois chambers are identical:


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.

The following politicians favor these bills


Those who favor SB1007

Illinois State Senators

Senator A. J. Wilhelmi (D) 43rd District
Senator Emil Jones Jr. (D) 14th District
Senator Dan Kotowski (D) 33rd District
Senator John J. Millner (R) 28th District
Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D) 16th District
Senator Carol Ronen (D) 7th District
Senator Martin A. Sandoval (D) 12th District
Senator Mattie Hunter (D) 3rd District
Senator Kwame Raoul (D) 13th District
Senator Donne E. Trotter (D) 17th District
Senator James T. Meeks (D) 15th District
Senator Jeffrey M. Schoenberg (D) 9th District
Senator Antonio Munoz (D) 1st District


Those that favor HB873

Illinois State Representatives

Representative Harry Osterman (D) 14th District
Representative Ed Sullivan Jr. (R) 51st District
Representative Carolyn H. Krause (R) 66th District
Representative Karen A. Yarbrough (D) 7th District
Representative Fred Crespo (D) 44th District
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez (D) 24th District
Representative Mike Bost (R) 115th District
Representative Edward J. Acevedo (D) 2nd District
Representative Cynthia Soto (D) 4th District
Representative Monique D. Davis (D) 27th District
Representative Elizabeth Coulson (R) 17th District
Representative Kenneth Dunkin (D) 5th District
Representative William Davis (D) 30th District
Representative Barbara Flynn Currie (D) 25th District
Representative Luis Arroyo (D) 3rd District
Representative Greg Harris (D) 13th District

http://ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=873&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=28278&SessionID=51

Here is the definition of "assault weapon" a la Illinois gun banners - it's the same as CA I believe, and the same definition that has been placed into the McCarthy federal bill (1022). Unlike the Clinton ban bill, which was detatchable mag plus "TWO evil features", this newer one is detatchable mag plus "ONE evil feature").

Note also that the IL proposed law would ban also any semi-auto shotgun that can hold more than 5 rounds, and would ban all .50 BMG. Indeed, it's a very bad bill....

(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. "Semi-automatic assault weapon" does not
17 include:
18 (A) any firearm that:
19 (i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever,
20 or slide action;
21 (ii) is an "unserviceable firearm" or has been
22 made permanently inoperable; or
23 (iii) is an antique firearm;
24 (B) any air rifle as defined in Section 1 of the
25 Air Rifle Act.


And this is why I refuse to move back to Illinois.