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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2165
Introduced 1/14/2004, by Edward Petka SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2165 |
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LRB093 15639 RLC 41247 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Section 24-10 as follows: |
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-10 new) |
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| Sec. 24-10. Municipal ordinance regulating firearms; |
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| affirmative defense to a violation. It is an affirmative |
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| defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, |
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| regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if |
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| the individual who is charged with the violation used the |
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| firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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