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). Below is an overview of the bills (There are several amendments that I have not reviewed yet):

HB0815

• 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

HB1263

• 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