TOTAL COOK COUNTY GUN BAN CLEARS FIRST HURDLE

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TOTAL COOK COUNTY GUN BAN CLEARS FIRST HURDLE

Rabid gun-grabbers on the Cook County Board came one step closer last week to instituting a total ban on firearm ownership in the county – except for police and military personnel.

Introduced by Commissioner William Beavers, the so-called “Safe Streets/Weapons Registration Ordinance” appears on the surface to be some sort of gun registration scheme. However, closer examination reveals that the only people who could comply with the registration requirements would be Chicago residents who had previously registered their guns with the city. Everyone else in Cook County would have to turn in their guns to the police. The ordinance would certainly ban all handguns as the ordinance disallows registration of handguns that do not have a “chamber load” indicator. Few, if any, handguns could comply with this requirement, so they would have to be surrendered to the police.

The full text of Beavers’ proposed ordinance may be found here. To learn more about William Beavers, click this link:http://www.co.cook.il.us/district04.htm.

William Beavers is an enemy to our Constitution and an enemy to all freedom-loving people of the United States. Call him at (312) 603-2065 and also call his other office at (773) 731-1515 and tell them exactly what you think of Beavers and his plan to disarm law-abiding citizens.

Another gun-hater on the Cook County Board is Larry Suffredin. Suffredin has fielded a proposed ordinance that would shut down all gun shops in the county. You may read about that ordinance by clicking here.

Larry Suffredin is an enemy to our Constitution and an enemy to all freedom-loving people of the United States. For full information on Larry Suffredin, click this link: http://www.co.cook.il.us/district13.htm. Call Suffredin at 847-864-1209 and 312-603-6383 and tell them exactly what you think of Larry Suffredin’s plan to punish law-abiding gun owners.

Even if you don’t live in Cook County, or even if you don’t live in Illinois for that matter, call anyway. Freedom is at stake here.

In addition to calling these gun-hating stooges, please do the following:

1. Post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards of which you are a member.

2. Send this alert to all your gun owning friends and ask them to call Beavers and Suffredin too!

Remember – preservation of our 2nd Amendment rights is a cultural imperative. Gun control is a disease; you are the cure!

Posted Tue Dec 11 23:30:07 CST 2007

[kallend 2,150]

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The full text of Beavers’ proposed ordinance may be found here. To learn more about William Beavers, click this link:http://www.co.cook.il.us/district04.htm.

Your link did NOT give the text of the proposed ordinance.

Is it handguns, or ALL guns as your title suggests?

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Is it handguns, or ALL guns as your title suggests?

nonsense, the thread title obviously means that one specific gun is banned from the entire county

now, is it one gun, or one model of gun?

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The ordinance would certainly ban all handguns as the ordinance disallows registration of handguns that do not have a “chamber load” indicator. Few, if any, handguns could comply with this requirement,

What exactly does the indicator have to be? I thought there have long been models that give an indication, albeit a hard to read and not one that should be depended upon.

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The text reads ALL GUNS.

I will find the correct url and post it.

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Commissioner Suffredin's Cook County Board Legislative Library
for more info visit www.suffredin.org
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Safe Streets/Weapons Registration Ordinance

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Suffredin's Commentary
Activity Log
Full Text of Legislation
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Date Introduced: 12/4/2007
Date Passed:

Sponsors:
Beavers Co-Sponsors:

Summary:
Ordinance to require registration of certain firearms.

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Activity Log:
12/4/2007 Referred to Committee on Legislation, Intergovernmental and Veterans Relations.
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Full Text of Legislation:

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 58 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Article III Offenses Involving Public Safety, Division III, Section 58-130 through Section 58-145 of the Cook County Code are hereby enacted as follows:

Sec. 58-130. Short Title.

This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the “Safe Streets/Weapons Registration Ordinance.”

Sec. 58-130.5. Definitions.

For purposes of this Division III, the following words or terms shall have the meaning or construction ascribed to them in this Section:

Ammunition means cartridge cases, shells, projectiles (including shot), primers, bullets, propellant powder, or other devices or materials designed, or intended for use in a firearm or destructive device.

Antique firearms means any firearm, including, but not limited to, any firearm with matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, which is incapable of being fired or discharged; or any firearm manufactured before 1898 for which cartridge ammunition is not commercially available and is possessed as a curiosity or ornament or for its historical significance or value.

Assault ammunition means any ammunition magazine having a capacity of more than twelve (12) rounds of ammunition.

Assault weapon means any of the following weapons:
(1) Assault Rifles

TABLE INSET:

AK 47 type
86S type

AK 47S type
86S7 type

AK 74 type
87S type

AKS type
Galil type

AKM type
Type 56 type

AKMS type
Type 565 type

84S1 type
Valmet M76 type

Arm type
Valmet M78 type

84S1 type
M76 counter sniper type

84S3 type
FAL type

HK91 type
L1A1A type

HK93 type
SAR 48 type

HK94 type
AUG type

G3SA type
FNC type

K1 type
Uzi carbine

K2 type
Algimec AGMI type

AR100 type
AR180 type

M24S type
MAS 223 type

SIG 550SP type
Beretta BM59 type

SIG 551SP type
Beretta AR70 type

Australian Automatic Arms
CIS SR88 type

SAR type


SKS type with detachable magazine


Colt AR-15

Springfield Armory SAR-48

Springfield Armory BM-59

Bushmaster Auto Rifle

Auto-Ordinance Thompson M1

Ruger Mini 14/5F

Federal XC-900 and XC-450

Feather AT-9 Auto Carbine

Goncz High Tech Carbine

Auto-Ordinance Thompson 1927A1

Iver Johnson PM30 P Paratrooper


(2) Assault Pistols, Uzi type, Heckler & Koch Sp-89 type, Australian Automatic Arms SAP type, Spectre Auto type, Sterling Mark 7 type; and,

(3) Any weapon that the President, the Board, or the Sheriff defines by regulation as an assault weapon because the design or operation of such weapon is inappropriate for lawful use.

Board means the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

Code means the Cook County Code of Ordinances.

Combination handle lock means a device that is part of the handgun which precludes the use of the handgun unless the combination tumblers are properly aligned.

Corrections officer means wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails or other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.

County means the County of Cook, a body politic and corporate of Illinois.

Crime of violence means any felony committed while armed with a weapon as defined in Article 33a of the Illinois Criminal Code of 1961, as amended (720 ILCS 5/33a, et seq.).

Division shall mean this Division III of Article III of Chapter 58 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances.

Disc projectile ammunition means any ammunition which is composed of multiple disc shaped objects stacked together to form a single round of ammunition, including but not limited to the following types of ammunition:

(1) Magdisc type; and

(2) Shatterdisc type.

Duty-related firearm means any weapon which is authorized by any law enforcement agency to be utilized by their personnel in the performance of their official duties.

Firearm means any weapon which will, or is designed to or restored to, expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of any explosive; the frame or receiver of any such device; or any firearm muffler or silencer. Provided, that such term shall not include:

(1) antique firearm;

(2) any device used exclusively for line-throwing, signaling, or safety and required or recommended by the United States Coast Guard or Interstate Commerce Commission; or



(3) any device used exclusively for firing explosives, rivets, stud cartridges, or any similar industrial ammunition incapable of use as a weapon.

Fragmenting bullet means a bullet that is designed or modified to shatter on impact, or any other bullet that is designed or modified so that more than 50 percent of the mass of the bullet is likely to fragment inside a human or animal target.

Handgun means a firearm designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a combination of parts from which such firearm can be assembled.

Laser sight accessory means a laser sighting device which is either integrated into a firearm or capable of being attached to a firearm.

Load indicator means a device which plainly indicates that a bullet is placed in the handgun in a way that pulling the trigger or otherwise handling the handgun may result in detonation.

Machine gun means any firearm from which eight or more shots or bullets may be discharged by a single function of the firing device.

Metal piercing bullet means any bullet that is manufactured with other than a lead or lead alloy core, or ammunition of which the bullet itself is wholly composed of, or machined from, a metal or metal alloy other than lead, or any other bullet that is manufactured to defeat or penetrate bullet resistant properties of soft body armor or any other type of bullet resistant clothing which meets the minimum requirements of the current National Institute for Justice Standards for "Ballistic Resistance of Police Body Armor".

Ordinance means this Safe Streets/Weapons Ban Ordinance.

Organization means partnership, company, corporation or other business entity, or any group or association of two or more persons united for a common purpose.

Peace officer means any person who by virtue of his office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses.

Person means any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company or organization of any kind.

President means the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, or his or her designee.

Safety mechanism means a design adaption or nondetachable accessory that lessens the likelihood of unanticipated use of the handgun by other than the owner of the handgun and those specifically authorized by the owner to use the handgun.

Sawed-off shotgun means a shotgun having a barrel of less than 18 inches in length or a firearm made from a shotgun if such firearm is modified and has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel of less than 18 inches in length.

Security personnel means special agents employed by a railroad or public utility to perform police functions: guards of armored car companies, watchmen, security guards and persons regularly employed in a commercial or industrial operation for the protection of persons employed by or property related to such commercial or industrial operation.
Sheriff means the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois.

Short-barreled rifle means a rifle having any barrel less than 16 inches in length, or a modified firearm if such firearm as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or any barrel of less than 16 inches.

Solenoid use-limitation device means a device which precludes, by use of solenoid, the firing of the handgun unless a magnet of the appropriate strength is placed in proximity to the handle of the weapon.

Trigger lock means a device that when locked in place by means of a key, prevents a potential user from pulling the trigger of the handgun without first removing the trigger lock by use of the trigger lock's key.

Sec. 58-131. Unlawful to carry--Exceptions.

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or maintain in any vehicle or about his or her person except when on his or her property or in his or her residence or fixed place of business, any rifle, shotgun, or other firearm; provided, that this section shall not apply to:

(1) Peace officers or any person summoned by any such officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while he is actually engaged in assisting such officer;

(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, while in the performance of their official duty or commuting between their homes and places of employment;



(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance of their official duty;



(4) Special agents employed by a railroad to perform police functions, or employees of a detective agency, watchman-guard or patrolman agency, licensed by the State of Illinois, while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their employment or commuting between their homes and places of employment;



(5) Agents and investigators of the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission authorized by the Commission to carry weapons, while on duty in the course of any investigation for the Commission;



(6) Manufacture or transportation when the weapons are not immediately accessible to any person, or sale of weapons to persons authorized under law to possess them;



(7) Members of any club or organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or private, while such members are using their firearms on such target ranges;



(8) Duly authorized military or civil organizations while parading, with the special permission of the Governor;



(9) Licensed hunters or fishermen while engaged in hunting or fishing; and,



(10) Transportation of weapons broken down in a nonfunctioning state.



Sec. 58-131.5. Unlawful firearm or laser sight accessory in motor vehicle--Impoundment.



(a) The owner of record of any motor vehicle that contains an unregistered firearm, a firearm that is not broken down in a nonfunctioning state, or a laser sight accessory shall be liable to the county for an administrative penalty of $1,000.00 plus any towing and storage fees applicable under Section 58-164 of the Code. Any such vehicle shall be subject to seizure and impoundment pursuant to this section.



(b) Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle is subject to seizure and impoundment pursuant to this section, the police officer shall provide for the towing of the vehicle to a facility controlled by the Sheriff. Before or at the time the vehicle is towed, the police officer shall notify any person identifying himself as the owner of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, of the fact of the seizure and of the vehicle owner's right to request a vehicle impoundment hearing to be conducted under Section 58-164(d) of the Code.



(c) The provisions of Section 58-164 shall apply whenever a motor vehicle is seized and impounded pursuant to this section.



Sec. 58-132. Registration of firearms.



(a) All firearms in the County shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Division. It shall be the duty of a person owning or possessing a firearm to cause such firearm to be registered. No person shall within the County, possess, harbor, have under his control, transfer, offer for sale, sell, give, deliver, or accept any firearm unless such person is the holder of a valid registration certificate for such firearm. No person shall, within the County, possess, harbor, have under his control, transfer, offer for sale, sell, give, deliver, or accept any firearm which is unregisterable under the provisions of this chapter.



(b) This section shall not apply to:



(1) Firearms owned or under the direct control or custody of any federal, state or local governmental authority maintained in the course of its official duties;



(2) Duty-related firearms owned and possessed by peace officers who are not residents of the County;



(3) Duty-related firearms owned or possessed by corrections officers; provided, that such corrections officers are not residents of the County;



(4) Firearms owned, manufactured or processed by licensed manufacturers of firearms, bulk transporters or licensed sellers of firearms at wholesale or retail, provided that such persons have, in addition to any other license required by law, a valid deadly weapons dealer license issued under Section 54-151 of the Code;



(5) Any nonresident of the County participating in any lawful recreational firearm-related activity in the County, or on his way to or from such activity in another jurisdiction; provided, that such weapon shall be unloaded and securely wrapped and that his possession or control of such firearm is lawful in the jurisdiction in which he resides;



(6) Peace officers, while in the course of their official duties, who possess and control any firearm or ammunition issued by their department, bureau or agency in the normal course of business;



(7) Private security personnel who possess or control any firearm or ammunition within the County; provided, that such firearms shall be owned and maintained by the security firm employing such personnel and shall be registered by the security firm in accordance with this Division;



(8) Those persons summoned by a peace officer to assist in making an arrest or preserving the peace while actually engaged in assisting the peace officer.



Sec. 58-132.5. Unregisterable firearms.



No registration certificate shall be issued for any of the following types of firearms:



(a) Sawed-off shotgun, machine gun, or short-barreled rifle;



(b) Firearms other than handguns, owned or possessed by any person in the County prior to the effective date of this Ordinance which are not validly registered prior to the effective date of this Ordinance;



(c) Handguns, except:



(1) Those validly registered to a current owner in the County prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, and which contain each of the following:



(i) A safety mechanism to hinder the use of the handgun by unauthorized users. Such devices shall include, but shall not be limited to, trigger locks, combination handle locks, and solenoid use-limitation devices; and,



(ii) A load indicator device that provides reasonable warning to potential users such that even users unfamiliar with the weapon would be forewarned and would understand the nature of the warning;



(2) Those owned by peace officers who are residents of the County,



(3) Those owned by security personnel,



(4) Those owned by private detective agencies licensed by the State of Illinois;



(d) Firearm muffler or silencer;



(e) Assault weapons, as defined in this Ordinance, unless they are owned by a person who is entitled to own them under Section 54-212 of the Code.



Any person who receives through inheritance any firearm validly registered pursuant to this Ordinance will be eligible to reregister such firearm within 60 days after obtaining possession or title, provided such person shall be qualified to do so in accordance with this Ordinance.



Sec. 58-133. Prerequisites to registration--Application for registration.



(a) No registration certificate shall be issued to any person unless such person:



(1) Shall possess a valid Illinois Firearm Owner's Identification Card in accordance with the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act found at 430 ILCS 65, et seq., as amended;



(2) Has not been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined herein as weapons offense, or a violation of this Ordinance; and,



(3) Has not been convicted within the five years prior to the application of any:



(i) Violation of any law relating to the use, possession or sale of any narcotic or dangerous drug, or,



(ii) Violation of Article 12-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended and found at 720 ILCS 5/12-2, for aggravated assault or any similar provision of the law of any other jurisdiction; and,



(4) Has vision better than or equal to that required to obtain a valid driver's license under the standards established by the Illinois Vehicle Code of the State of Illinois, as amended; and,



(5) Is not otherwise ineligible to possess a firearm under any federal, state or local law, statute or ordinance.



(b) All applicants for a registration certificate under this Ordinance shall file with the Sheriff on a form provided, a sworn application in writing. The application shall include the following:



(1) Name, social security number, residential and business address and telephone number of the applicant;



(2) The applicant's age, sex and citizenship;



(3) The applicant's Illinois firearm owner's identification number;



(4) The name of manufacturer, the caliber or gauge, the model, type and the serial number identification of the firearm to be registered;



(5) The source from which the firearm was obtained;



(6) Evidence that the applicant meets the criteria of this Section;



(7) Two photographs of the applicant taken within 30 days immediately prior to the date of filing the application equivalent to passport size showing the full face, head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner;



(8) Such other information as the superintendent shall find reasonably necessary to effectuate the purpose of this Ordinance and to arrive at a fair determination whether the terms of this Ordinance have been complied with.



(c) The Sheriff shall be the custodian of all applications for registration under this chapter.



Sec. 58-133.5. Fingerprints.



When necessary to establish the identity of any applicant or registrant, such applicant or registrant shall be required to submit to fingerprinting in accordance with procedures and regulations prescribed by the Sheriff.



Sec. 58-134. Application fees.



(a) A nonrefundable fee in the amount indicated in subsection (d) of this section shall accompany each initial registration.



(b) A nonrefundable fee in the amount indicated in subsection (d) of this section shall accompany each reregistration application.



(c) The registration fee shall not be applicable to (1) any duty-related handgun of a peace officer domiciled in the County, or (2) to any duty-related handgun(s) owned by a resident of the County who retired from the Sheriff’s Police Department or any other municipal police department in good standing and without any disciplinary charges pending, and who is, or is eligible to become, an annuitant of any policemen’s annuity and/or benefit fund, but only if the handgun(s) is registered in that person's name at the time of separation from active duty in the Sheriff’s Police Department or any other municipal police department.



(d) Registration fees for firearms shall be as follows:



1 firearm . . . $20.00



2--10 firearms . . . $25.00



More than ten firearms . . . $35.00



Sec. 58-134.5. Filing time.



(a) A registration certificate shall be obtained prior to any person taking possession of a firearm from any source.



(b) Any firearm currently registered must be reregistered pursuant to this chapter and in accordance with rules, regulations and procedures prescribed by the Sheriff. An application to reregister such firearm shall be filed within 180 days from the effective date of this Ordinance; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers during their tenure of continuous active duty.



Sec. 58-135. Investigations.



Upon receipt of an application for registration of a firearm, the Sheriff shall investigate the information contained in said application to determine whether the application and firearm meet the requirements for registration under this Ordinance. Failure by the applicant or registrant to respond to investigation inquiries shall be sufficient grounds for denial or revocation.



Sec. 58-135.5. Issuance of registration certificate.



(a) Upon receipt of a properly executed application for a registration certificate and the report of the Sheriff, the President, upon determining that the applicant has complied with the provisions of this Ordinance, shall authorize the issuance of the registration certificate. Each registration certificate shall be in triplicate and bear a unique registration certificate number and contain such other information as may be necessary to identify the applicant and the firearm registered. The original of the registration certificate shall be retained by the Sheriff; the President and applicant shall each receive a copy.



(b) The President shall approve or deny any application for a registration certificate within a 120-day period beginning on the date the Sheriff receives the application unless good cause is shown. In the case of an application to reregister a firearm currently registered, the President shall have 365 days after receipt of such application to approve or deny such application unless good cause is shown.



(c) Any application for registration or renewal shall be held in abeyance when there is a criminal proceeding for a crime of violence, or an offense involving a weapon, or a proceeding to revoke firearm registration pending against the applicant until such proceeding has terminated. In the case of a renewal of registration the then-current registration shall be deemed continuing until the termination of such proceedings.



(d) Upon receipt of a registration certificate, each applicant shall examine the same to insure that the information thereon is correct. If the registration certificate is incorrect in any respect, the registrant thereon shall return it to the Sheriff with a signed statement showing the nature of the error. The Sheriff shall correct the error, if it occurred through administrative error. In the event that the error resulted from incorrect information contained in the application, the applicant shall be required to file an amended application setting forth the correct information and a statement explaining the error in the original application. Each amended application shall be accompanied by a fee of $2.00.



(e) Each registration certificate authorized to be issued by the President shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the registrant's duties under this chapter.



Sec. 58-136. Revocation--Denial.



A registration certificate shall be revoked or an application for registration or reregistration shall be denied by the mayor when she finds that:



(a) Any of the criteria in Section 58-133 of this Ordinance are not currently met; or



(b) The registered firearm is or has become an unregisterable firearm under the terms of Section 58-132.5 of this Ordinance; or



(c) The information furnished to the Sheriff on the application for registration certificate proves to be false; or



(d) The applicant or registrant has violated any of the provisions of this Ordinance.



Sec. 58-136.5. Procedures for denial or revocation.



(a) If it is determined that an application for registration or reregistration should be denied or that a registration certificate should be revoked, the President shall notify the applicant or registrant in writing of the proposed denial or revocation, briefly stating the reason or reasons therefore.



(b) The applicant or registrant, within ten days after receiving notice of the proposed denial or revocation, may file with the Office of the President a written request for reconsideration.



(c) Within thirty days of receipt of a request for reconsideration, the Office of the President shall provide the applicant with a final determination which shall either affirm or reverse the denial.



(d) In the case of an affirmation of a denial, the applicant may appeal the denial to the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County by filing a Writ for Administrative Review.



(e) Within three days after notification of a decision unfavorable to the applicant or registrant and all time for appeal in accordance with this Section 58-136.5, the applicant or registrant shall:



(1) Peaceably surrender to the Sheriff’s Police Department, or any other municipal police department, the firearm for which the applicant was denied or the registration certificate was revoked; or



(2) Remove such firearm from the County; or



(3) Otherwise lawfully dispose of his interest in such firearm.



(f) The applicant or registrant shall submit to the Sheriff evidence of the disposition of nonregisterable firearms in accordance with Section 58-136.5(f)(2) and (3). Such evidence shall be submitted on forms and in the manner prescribed by the superintendent.



Sec. 58-137. Additional duties of registrant.



Each person holding a registration certificate shall:



(a) Immediately notify the Sheriff’s Police Department on a form prescribed by the Sheriff of:



(1) The loss, theft or destruction of the registration certificate or of a registered firearm immediately upon discovery of such loss, theft, or destruction;



(2) A change in any of the information appearing on the registration certificate;



(3) The sale, transfer or other disposition of the firearm not less than 48 hours prior to delivery.



(b) Immediately return to the Sheriff his copy of the registration certificate for any firearm which is lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise disposed of.



(c) Each registrant shall keep any firearm in his possession unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock or similar device, unless such firearm is in his possession at his place of residence or business or while being used for lawful recreational purposes within the County; provided, this paragraph shall not apply to law enforcement personnel nor security personnel, both as defined in Section 58-130.5, while in the course of their employment.



Sec. 58-137.5. Exhibition of registration.



Any person carrying or having in his possession or under his custody or control any firearm, shall have on his person or within his immediate custody a valid registration certificate for such firearm issued hereunder, which shall be exhibited for inspection to any peace officer upon demand. Failure of any such person to so exhibit his registration certificate shall be presumptive evidence that he is not authorized to possess such firearm.



Failure of any person to exhibit a registration certificate for any firearm in his possession, custody or control shall also be cause for the confiscation of such firearms and revocation of any registration certificates issued therefore under this Division.



Sec. 58-138. Possession of ammunition.



No person shall possess ammunition in the County unless:



(a) He is a person exempted pursuant to Section 58-132 of this Division; or



(b) He is the holder of a valid registration certificate for a firearm of the same gauge or caliber as the ammunition possessed, and has the registration certificate in his possession while in possession of the ammunition; or



(c) He is a licensed weapons dealer or a licensed shooting gallery or gun club pursuant to Chapter 54, Article III of the Code.



Sec. 58-138.5. Possession of laser sight accessories.



No person shall sell, offer, or display for sale, give, lend, transfer ownership of, acquire or possess any laser sight accessory in the County provided, that this section shall not apply to any members of the armed forces of the United States, or the organized militia of this or any other state, and peace officers as defined in this Code to the extent that any such person is otherwise authorized to acquire or possess a laser sight accessory and is acting within the scope of his or her duties.



Sec. 58-139. Permissible sales and transfers of firearms and ammunition.



(a) No firearm may be sold or otherwise transferred within the County except through a licensed weapons dealer as defined in Chapter 54, Article III of the Code.



(b) No ammunition may be sold or otherwise transferred within the County except through a licensed shooting gallery or gun club or a licensed weapons dealer as defined in Chapter 54, Article III of the Code or as otherwise allowed by the Code.



(c) No firearm or ammunition shall be security for, or be taken or received by way of any mortgage, deposit, pledge or pawn.



(d) No person may loan, borrow, give or rent to or from another person, any firearm or ammunition except in accordance with this Division.



(e) A peace officer may additionally sell or transfer any lawfully held firearm or ammunition to another peace officer in accordance with the other provisions of this Division.



(f) Except as allowed by subsection (e) of this section, no person may sell, offer for sale, barter or transfer within the County any ammunition listed in Section of this Code.



Sec. 58-139.5. Firearm Owners Identification Card Act--Compliance required.



No person shall sell, give away or otherwise transfer any firearm, as defined in Section 58-130.5, without complying with the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act found at 430 ILCS 65, et seq., as amended.



Sec. 58-140. False information--Forgery--Alteration.



(a) It shall be unlawful for any person purchasing any firearm or ammunition, or applying for any registration certificate under this Division, or, in giving any information pursuant to the requirements of this Division, to knowingly give false information or offer false evidence of identity.



(b) It shall be unlawful for anyone to forge or alter any application or registration certificate submitted, retained or issued under this Division.



Sec. 58-140.5. Voluntary surrender--Immunity.



(a) Within 90 days from the effective date of this Ordinance, a person within the County may voluntarily and peaceably deliver and abandon to the Sheriff or any chief of police of any municipal police department any firearm or ammunition prior to any arrest and prosecution of such person on a charge of violating any provisions of this Division with respect to the firearm or ammunition voluntarily delivered.



(b) Delivery under this section may be made at any municipal police station, area or central headquarters or by summoning any municipal police officer to the person's residence or place of business. Any firearm or ammunition to be delivered and abandoned to the Sheriff or any chief of police of any municipal police department under this section shall be unloaded and securely wrapped in a package carried in open view.



(c) The voluntary delivery or abandonment of any firearm or ammunition after an arrest or charge for violation of any provision of this Division shall not moot or in any manner invalidate said arrest or charge.



Sec. 58-141. Voluntary surrender of laser sight accessory--Immunity.



(a) Within 14 days of the effective date of this Ordinance, a person within the County may voluntarily and peaceably deliver and abandon to the Sheriff or any chief of police of any municipal police department any laser sight accessory prior to any arrest and prosecution of such person on a charge of violating any provision of this Division with respect to the laser sight accessory voluntarily delivered.



(b) Delivery under this section may be made at any municipal police district, area or central headquarters or by summoning any municipal police officer to the person's residence or place of business.



(c) The voluntary delivery or abandonment of any laser sight accessory after an arrest or charge for violation of any provision of this Division shall not moot or in any manner invalidate said arrest or charge.



Sec. 58-141.5. Renewal of registration.



(a) Every registrant must renew his registration certificate annually. Applications for renewal shall be made by such registrants 60 days prior to the expiration of the current registration certificate.



(b) The application for renewal shall include the payment of a renewal fee as follows:



1 firearm . . . $20.00



2--10 firearms . . . $25.00



More than ten firearms . . . $35.00



(c) Failure to comply with the requirement for renewal of registration of a firearm shall cause that firearm to become unregisterable.



(d) All terms, conditions and requirements of this Division for registration of firearms shall be applicable to renewal or registration of such firearms.



(e) The renewal fee shall not be applicable to duty-related handguns of peace officers domiciled in the County.



Sec. 58-142. Notice.



For the purposes of this Division, service of any notice, finding or decision upon an applicant or registrant shall be completed by any of the following methods:



(1) Personal delivery of a copy of such notice, finding or decision to the applicant or registrant; or



(2) By leaving a copy of such notice, finding or decision at the address identified on the application for registration or renewal; or



(3) By mailing a copy of the notice, finding or decision by certified mail with return receipt to the address identified on the application for registration or renewal; in which case service shall be complete as of the date the return receipt was signed.



Sec. 58-142.5. Destruction of weapons confiscated.



Whenever any firearm or ammunition is surrendered or confiscated pursuant to the terms of this Division, the Sheriff shall ascertain whether such firearm or ammunition is needed as evidence in any matter.



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 and an inventory of the firearm or ammunition so destroyed shall be maintained.



Sec. 58-143. Authority of the President, Board, and the Sheriff.



The President, the Board, and the Sheriff shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Division and to prescribe all forms and the information required thereon.



Sec. 58-143.5. Acquisition or possession prohibited by law.



Nothing in this Division shall make lawful the acquisition or possession of firearms or firearm ammunition which is otherwise prohibited by law.



Sec. 58-144. Firearm used illegally--Penalty.



The owner of an unregistered firearm that is used in any criminal act shall be subject to a fine of $1,000.00 for each such use, regardless of whether the owner participated in, aided or abetted the criminal act. A fine under this section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed on the criminal act or use of the firearm.



Sec. 58-144.5. Violation--Penalty.



Any person who violates any provision of this Division, where no other penalty is specifically provided, shall upon conviction, be fined not less than $1,000.00, nor more than $1,500.00; or be incarcerated for not more than six months.



Sec. 58-145. Severability.



If any provision or term of this Division, or any application thereof, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other applications of the provisions or terms of this Division which reasonably can be given effect without the invalid provision or term for the application thereof.

[warpedskydiver 0]

http://www.suffredin.org/legislativelibrary/Legislation.asp?LegislationID=352&Library=cook


Regarding Beavers, in a 1994 interview from a libertarian magazine:

"It's easy for people with wealth and political power to push stricter and stricter gun control laws, notes Alderman William Beavers, who represents the working-class, mostly black South Shore district. The wealthy, he says, "can afford to pay a detective agency or some kind of police agency to act as security." His constituents, he argues, deserve the right to protect themselves.
Beavers is no stranger to gun crime. Before his election to the City Council 11 years ago, he spent 21 years in the Chicago Police Department, working some of the neighborhoods responsible for the city's nickname of "Beirut by the Lake....Beavers, however, doesn't emphasize the racial dimension in opposing the gun-registration freeze. Instead, he stresses Second Amendment issues and pragmatic policy concerns."

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[kallend 2,150]

Try reading

Sec. 58-131. Unlawful to carry--Exceptions.

It seems that your thread title is rather an exaggeration.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[masterblaster72 0]

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It seems that your thread title is rather an exaggeration.

Not to mention needlessly obnoxious. I fucking hate reading shit in all caps.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

[billvon 3,120]

Sounds like hunters and sport shooters are exempted.
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List of exceptions:

(1) Peace officers or any person summoned by any such officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while he is actually engaged in assisting such officer;

(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, while in the performance of their official duty or commuting between their homes and places of employment;

(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance of their official duty;

(4) Special agents employed by a railroad to perform police functions, or employees of a detective agency, watchman-guard or patrolman agency, licensed by the State of Illinois, while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their employment or commuting between their homes and places of employment;

(5) Agents and investigators of the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission authorized by the Commission to carry weapons, while on duty in the course of any investigation for the Commission;

(6) Manufacture or transportation when the weapons are not immediately accessible to any person, or sale of weapons to persons authorized under law to possess them;

(7) Members of any club or organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or private, while such members are using their firearms on such target ranges;

(8) Duly authorized military or civil organizations while parading, with the special permission of the Governor;

(9) Licensed hunters or fishermen while engaged in hunting or fishing; and,

(10) Transportation of weapons broken down in a nonfunctioning state.

[warpedskydiver 0]

It is not legal to hunt with a firearm in Cook County.

See the DNR regulations.

[billvon 3,120]

> It is not legal to hunt with a firearm in Cook County.

Surely it is legal to fish!

[quade 4]

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> It is not legal to hunt with a firearm in Cook County.

Surely it is legal to fish!

Not only that, but it also appears as if they are encouraging you to use a gun on the little piscean bastards.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[kallend 2,150]

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It is not legal to hunt with a firearm in Cook County.

See the DNR regulations.

Is that just on DNR land, or even on private land? There was certainly hunting on private land in Cook Co. in 2000.

Edited to add:
The IL DNR specifically lists William W. Powers Conservation Area (in COOK County) as a legal, public, waterfowl hunting area. Once again it looks as if warpedskydiver is wrong.

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[1969912 0]

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Sounds like hunters and sport shooters are exempted.
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List of exceptions: ......

Exempted only from the transportation of arms portion of the proposed ordinance. The OP's post wasn't about that:


"Introduced by Commissioner William Beavers, the so-called “Safe Streets/Weapons Registration Ordinance” appears on the surface to be some sort of gun registration scheme. However, closer examination reveals that the only people who could comply with the registration requirements would be Chicago residents who had previously registered their guns with the city. Everyone else in Cook County would have to turn in their guns to the police. The ordinance would certainly ban all handguns as the ordinance disallows registration of handguns that do not have a “chamber load” indicator. Few, if any, handguns could comply with this requirement, so they would have to be surrendered to the police. "

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[kallend 2,150]

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Sounds like hunters and sport shooters are exempted.
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List of exceptions: ......

Exempted only from the transportation of arms portion of the proposed ordinance. The OP's post wasn't about that:


"Introduced by Commissioner William Beavers, the so-called “Safe Streets/Weapons Registration Ordinance” appears on the surface to be some sort of gun registration scheme. However, closer examination reveals that the only people who could comply with the registration requirements would be Chicago residents who had previously registered their guns with the city. Everyone else in Cook County would have to turn in their guns to the police. The ordinance would certainly ban all handguns as the ordinance disallows registration of handguns that do not have a “chamber load” indicator. Few, if any, handguns could comply with this requirement, so they would have to be surrendered to the police. "

The OP also wrote: TOTAL COOK COUNTY GUN BAN

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[billvon 3,120]

>The ordinance would certainly ban all handguns . . .

Right, I'm thinking of a fisherman with his 30.06 fishing in a lake somewhere, occasionally shooting attacking freshwater sharks.

[1969912 0]

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>The ordinance would certainly ban all handguns . . .

Right, I'm thinking of a fisherman with his 30.06 fishing in a lake somewhere, occasionally shooting attacking freshwater sharks.

Consider thinking about what the OP posted, as well as actually reading the text of the proposed ordinance. If you have a real interest in the subject of fishing with rifles, consider starting a new thread.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[warpedskydiver 0]

The OP also wrote: TOTAL COOK COUNTY GUN BAN

[billvon 3,120]

>If you have a real interest in the subject of fishing with rifles, consider
>starting a new thread.

The image is amusing to me. (I know, this is DEAD SERIOUS GUN BUSINESS and no one can make fun of it.)

[kallend 2,150]

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The OP also wrote: TOTAL COOK COUNTY GUN BAN

Gee did I write the headline of the article as well?

[1969912 0]

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>If you have a real interest in the subject of fishing with rifles, consider
>starting a new thread.

The image is amusing to me. (I know, this is DEAD SERIOUS GUN BUSINESS and no one can make fun of it.)

If you were just goofing around, then I apologize for misunderstanding your post. I thought you were playing along with the Kallend troll/hijack attack. Yes, the issue is taken a bit too seriously by some (never by me though)

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[warpedskydiver 0]

The ISRA authored that article.

I am indeed guilty of using BOLD font, but not writing it.

[kallend 2,150]

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>If you have a real interest in the subject of fishing with rifles, consider
>starting a new thread.

The image is amusing to me. (I know, this is DEAD SERIOUS GUN BUSINESS and no one can make fun of it.)

If you were just goofing around, then I apologize for misunderstanding your post. I thought you were playing along with the Kallend troll/hijack attack. Yes, the issue is taken a bit too seriously by some (never by me though)

Since when is correcting inaccuracies a "troll/hijack attack?

It is not a TOTAL GUN BAN proposal, and hunting with firearms is not illegal in Cook County, in fact there is public land specifically set aside for hunting.

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[billvon 3,120]

>I thought you were playing along with the Kallend troll/hijack attack.

Nope. It's a dumb law, one that I suspect won't last a year if it is implemented. I thought it was funny, though, that a fisherman sitting on a lake has more of a right to carry a gun than a guy in his house. (Because after all, look at how many fishermen are attacked and killed in their boats every year!)