Health & Fitness
Illinois Gun/Magazine/Registration Bills
The Senate Public Health Committee passed both HB0815 (Large Capacity Magazine & Shooting Range Licensing Bill) and HB1263 (Semi-Automatic Weapons Ban).
The Senate Public Health Committee passed both HB0815 (Large Capacity Magazine & Shooting Range Licensing Bill) and HB1263 (Semi-Automatic Weapons Ban). Below is an overview of the bills (There are several amendments that I have not reviewed yet):
- Goes into affect 1/1/2014
- All Shooting Ranges must be Licensed by the Illinois State Police, exempts private clubs
- Shooting ranges my continue to purchase large capacity magazine, but must register them and can only rent them for use at the range
- Nobody can fire a weapon at a range without a FOID card
- Bans all magazines that hold more than 10 rounds
- Grandfathered all owners of large capacity magazines
- Must register magazines with State Police within 90 days
- Can only transfer to an heir or FFL dealer
- Must report lost or stolen large capacity magazines within 72 hours of knowledge
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- Goes into affect 7/1/2013
- All Shooting Ranges must be Licensed by the Illinois State Police, exempts private clubs
- Shooting ranges my continue to purchase large capacity magazine, but must register them and can only rent them for use at the range
- Nobody can fire a weapon at a range without a FOID card
- Grandfathered all owners of current guns
- Must register banned guns with State Police within 90 days
- Can only transfer to an heir or FFL dealer
- Bans semi-automatic weapons [Defined as]
- .50 caliber rifles, and .50 caliber cartridges.
- any of the firearms or types, replicas, or duplicates in any caliber of the firearms, known as:
- Norinco
- Mitchell
- Poly Technologies
- Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models)
- Action Arms Israeli Military Industries; UZI and Galil
- Beretta AR-70 (SC-70)
- Colt AR-15
- Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC
- SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12
- Steyr AUG
- INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9, and TEC-22
- any shotgun which contains its ammunition in a revolving cylinder, such as (but not limited the Street Sweeper and Striker 12
- Semi-automatic rifle or pump-action rifle that can accept a detachable magazine or the following:
- folding or telescoping stock
- pistol grip or thumbhole stock
- shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles the barrel
- Semi-automatic pistol that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has any of the following:
- folding, telescopingor thumbhole stock
- shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles the barrel
- ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistol outside of the pistol grip
- manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the pistol is unloaded
- Semi-automatic version of an automatic firearm
- Semi-automatic rifle or pistol with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition
- semi-automatic rifle or a pistol with the capacity to accept a detachable magazine, a muzzle brake, or muzzle compensator
- semi-automatic shotgun with any of the following:
- folding or telescoping stock
- a pistol grip or thumbhole stock
- ability to accept a detachable magazine
- Fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds
- Exempts firearms
- manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action
- inoperable
- antique
- rifle with a fixed tubular magazine located under the barrel that is only capable of holding rounds of ammunition placed end to end
- Air Rifles
- Olympic Shooting sport rifles
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