Illinois is like freakin' france /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif I will be out of here as fast as possible. This ban is for cook county il. where they outlawed a food (Fois gra yuck) WHAT THE **** !!!!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angry-smiley-055.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angry-smiley-055.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angry-smiley-055.gif Outlawing a food. you have 14 days to surrender your weapons, Good thing I gave mine to my brother in north carolina /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Just remeber this stuff. Watch who you elect. Oh yeah you can't smoke in bars either not like that affects me but it is the whole prinicple of the thing. The best part is the voters who voted for the a88holes we are stuck with and live in black and latino areas in chicago (10 zip codes in chicagoland) will not be able to refinance or purchase homes because of a law called hb4050 and they will lose thier homes. I could go on but I will spare you I'm very mad Mortgage broker right now . Cook county sucks next they will want to put some chip in me.
Oh yeah I found out bow hunting is illegal in cook county but no one enforces that.
DIVISION 4. ASSAULT WEAPONS
Sec. 54-211. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Assault weapon means:
(1) Assault rifles:
AK 47 type
AK 47S type
AK 74 type
AKS type
AKM type
AKMS type
84S1 type
ARM type
84S1 type
84S3 type
HK91 type
HK93 type
HK94 type
G3SA type
K1 type
K2 type
AR100 type
M24S type
SIG 550SP type
SIG 551SP type
Australian Automatic
Arms SAR type
SKS type with detachable magazine
Federal XC-900 and XC450
Feather AT-9 Auto Carbine
Goncz High Tech Carbine
Colt AR-15
Iver Johnson PM30 P Paratrooper
86S type
86S7 type
87S type
Galil type
Type 56 type
Type 565 type
Valmet M76 type
Valmet M78 type
M76 counter sniper type
FAL type
L1A1A type
SAR 48 type
AUG type
FNC type
Uzi carbine
Algimec AGMI type
AR180 type
MAS 223 type
Beretta BM59 type
Beretta AR70 type
CIS SR88 type
Ruger Mini 14/5F
Springfield Armory SAR-48
Springfield Armory BM-59
Bushmaster Auto Rifle
Auto-Ordinance Thompson M1
Auto-Ordinance Thompson 1927A1
TEC 9 type
(2) Assault pistols:
Uzi type
Heckler & Koch Sp-89 type
Australian Automatic Arms SAP type
Spectre Auto type
Sterling Mark 7 type
(Ord. No. 93-O-37, § 6-1, 10-19-1993; Ord. No. 93-O-46, § 6-1, 11-16-1993; Ord. No. 94-O-33, 7-6-1994; Ord. No. 99-O-27, Pt. 3(6-1), 11-23-1999.)
Sec. 54-212. Assault weapons; sale prohibited; exceptions.
(a) No person shall sell, offer or display for sale, give, lend, transfer ownership of, acquire or possess any assault weapon. This subsection shall not apply to:
(1) The sale or transfer to, or possession by any officer, agent, or employee of the County or any other municipality or state or of the United States, members of the armed forces of the United States; or the organized militia of this or any other state, and peace officers to the extent that any such person is otherwise authorized to acquire or possess an assault weapon and is acting within the scope of such person's duties;
(2) Manufacture of assault weapons;
(3) Transportation of assault weapons if such weapons are broken down and in a nonfunctioning state and are not immediately accessible to any person.
(b) Any assault weapon possessed, sold or transferred in violation of Subsection (a) of this section is hereby declared to be contraband and shall be seized and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Section 54-213.
(c) Any person found in violation of this section shall be sentenced to not more than six months imprisonment or fined not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(d) Any person who, prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this division is derived, was legally in possession of an assault weapon prohibited by this section shall have 14 days from the effective date of the ordinance from which this division is derived to do any of the following without being subject to prosecution under this division:
(1) To remove the assault weapon from within the limits of the County;
(2) To modify the assault weapon either to render it permanently inoperable or to permanently make it a device no longer defined as an assault weapon; or
(3) To surrender the assault weapon to the Sheriff or designee for disposal as provided below.
(Ord. No. 93-O-37, § 6-2, 10-19-1993; Ord. No. 93-O-46, § 6-2, 11-16-1993; Ord. No. 94-O-33, 7-6-1994; Ord. No. 99-O-27, Pt. 3(6-2), 11-23-1999.)
Sec. 54-213. Destruction of weapons confiscated.
(a) Whenever any firearm or ammunition is surrendered or confiscated pursuant to the terms of this ordinance, the Sheriff shall ascertain whether such firearm or ammunition is needed as evidence in any matter.
(b) If such firearm or ammunition is not required for evidence it shall be destroyed at the direction of the Sheriff. A record of the date and method of destruction an inventory or the firearm or ammunition so destroyed shall be maintained.
(Ord. No. 93-O-37, § 6-3, 10-19-1993; Ord. No. 94-O-33, 7-6-1994; Ord. No. 99-O-27, Pt. 3(6-3), 11-23-1999.)
Secs. 54-214--54-240.
Oh yeah I found out bow hunting is illegal in cook county but no one enforces that.
DIVISION 4. ASSAULT WEAPONS
Sec. 54-211. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Assault weapon means:
(1) Assault rifles:
AK 47 type
AK 47S type
AK 74 type
AKS type
AKM type
AKMS type
84S1 type
ARM type
84S1 type
84S3 type
HK91 type
HK93 type
HK94 type
G3SA type
K1 type
K2 type
AR100 type
M24S type
SIG 550SP type
SIG 551SP type
Australian Automatic
Arms SAR type
SKS type with detachable magazine
Federal XC-900 and XC450
Feather AT-9 Auto Carbine
Goncz High Tech Carbine
Colt AR-15
Iver Johnson PM30 P Paratrooper
86S type
86S7 type
87S type
Galil type
Type 56 type
Type 565 type
Valmet M76 type
Valmet M78 type
M76 counter sniper type
FAL type
L1A1A type
SAR 48 type
AUG type
FNC type
Uzi carbine
Algimec AGMI type
AR180 type
MAS 223 type
Beretta BM59 type
Beretta AR70 type
CIS SR88 type
Ruger Mini 14/5F
Springfield Armory SAR-48
Springfield Armory BM-59
Bushmaster Auto Rifle
Auto-Ordinance Thompson M1
Auto-Ordinance Thompson 1927A1
TEC 9 type
(2) Assault pistols:
Uzi type
Heckler & Koch Sp-89 type
Australian Automatic Arms SAP type
Spectre Auto type
Sterling Mark 7 type
(Ord. No. 93-O-37, § 6-1, 10-19-1993; Ord. No. 93-O-46, § 6-1, 11-16-1993; Ord. No. 94-O-33, 7-6-1994; Ord. No. 99-O-27, Pt. 3(6-1), 11-23-1999.)
Sec. 54-212. Assault weapons; sale prohibited; exceptions.
(a) No person shall sell, offer or display for sale, give, lend, transfer ownership of, acquire or possess any assault weapon. This subsection shall not apply to:
(1) The sale or transfer to, or possession by any officer, agent, or employee of the County or any other municipality or state or of the United States, members of the armed forces of the United States; or the organized militia of this or any other state, and peace officers to the extent that any such person is otherwise authorized to acquire or possess an assault weapon and is acting within the scope of such person's duties;
(2) Manufacture of assault weapons;
(3) Transportation of assault weapons if such weapons are broken down and in a nonfunctioning state and are not immediately accessible to any person.
(b) Any assault weapon possessed, sold or transferred in violation of Subsection (a) of this section is hereby declared to be contraband and shall be seized and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Section 54-213.
(c) Any person found in violation of this section shall be sentenced to not more than six months imprisonment or fined not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(d) Any person who, prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this division is derived, was legally in possession of an assault weapon prohibited by this section shall have 14 days from the effective date of the ordinance from which this division is derived to do any of the following without being subject to prosecution under this division:
(1) To remove the assault weapon from within the limits of the County;
(2) To modify the assault weapon either to render it permanently inoperable or to permanently make it a device no longer defined as an assault weapon; or
(3) To surrender the assault weapon to the Sheriff or designee for disposal as provided below.
(Ord. No. 93-O-37, § 6-2, 10-19-1993; Ord. No. 93-O-46, § 6-2, 11-16-1993; Ord. No. 94-O-33, 7-6-1994; Ord. No. 99-O-27, Pt. 3(6-2), 11-23-1999.)
Sec. 54-213. Destruction of weapons confiscated.
(a) Whenever any firearm or ammunition is surrendered or confiscated pursuant to the terms of this ordinance, the Sheriff shall ascertain whether such firearm or ammunition is needed as evidence in any matter.
(b) If such firearm or ammunition is not required for evidence it shall be destroyed at the direction of the Sheriff. A record of the date and method of destruction an inventory or the firearm or ammunition so destroyed shall be maintained.
(Ord. No. 93-O-37, § 6-3, 10-19-1993; Ord. No. 94-O-33, 7-6-1994; Ord. No. 99-O-27, Pt. 3(6-3), 11-23-1999.)
Secs. 54-214--54-240.
