[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
Deadly weapons are those mentioned in 720 Illinois Compiled
Statutes 5/2 and including firearms.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or possess or sell,
loan or give to any person, any blackjack, slingshot, sand club, sandbag,
metal knuckles, bludgeon or to carry or possess, with intent to use
the same unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy, dangerous
knife, razor, stiletto or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or
instrument of like character.
[Ord. 9-19-1978, § 1]
For the purposes of this chapter, "firearms" means any device
by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or
projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape
of gas; excluding, however:
(a) Any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or BB gun which expels a single globular
projectile not exceeding 0.18 inch in diameter;
(b) Any device used exclusively for the firing of stud cartridges, explosive
rivets or similar industrial ammunition;
(c) An antique firearm (other than a machine gun) which, although designed
as a weapon, the department of law enforcement finds by reason of
the date of its manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics,
is primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used
as a weapon.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
No person, except a duly appointed or elected law enforcement
officer, member of the army, navy or marine corps of the United States,
or of the national guard, or organized reserves, in pursuance of his
official duty, or employee or agent of a bank, trust company, express
company, railroad company or of a commercial institution, in pursuance
of, and while engaged in the discharge of the duties of his employment,
shall possess or carry on or about his person, or in any vehicle a
tear gas gun, projector or bomb or any object containing noxious liquid
gas or substance.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business
of selling or to sell, or give away, to any person within the Village,
any firearms which are of such size or nature as may be concealed
upon the person, without securing a license therefor.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
Any dealer, desiring a license to sell firearms, shall make written application to the President of the Village, stating in such application his full name and residence, or, if a corporation, the name thereof and of its principal officers and their addresses. Such application shall also state the location at which it intends to conduct such business. Upon the receipt of such application, with the President and board of Trustee's approval, it shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to issue a license to the applicant upon payment to the Village Collector of an annual license fee as provided in Section
29-11 of this Code.
[Ord. 98-34, 12-7-1998, § 2]
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1; Ord. 98-34, 12-7-1998, § 3; Ord.
2010-14, 8-16-2010, § 1]
(a) Written Affidavit. No person having secured a license to sell firearms
shall transfer any such firearm to a person whose place of residence
is an Illinois municipality or county in which the possession of such
firearms contains any conditions and/or restrictions on said possession
without first obtaining a signed, written affidavit from the transferee
attesting that he or she is in full compliance with all applicable
conditions and/or restrictions. Such affidavit shall read as follows:
I, [insert name of transferee], attest that I am in full compliance
with all applicable laws regarding the possession of firearms in the
jurisdiction in which I reside.
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Signature: _________________________ (transferee)
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Date: __________
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(1) "Transfer" means to sell, loan, give away or otherwise convey any
firearm from one person or business to another person or business.
(2) A copy of each completed affidavit shall be attached to the report of firearm dealers form required in Section
52-9 of this chapter and submitted to the Chief of Police along with the other information required for each firearm transferred in the Village.
(b) Transfer to Persons Residing in City of Chicago. A person transferring a firearm to a Chicago resident shall obtain and retain a physical copy of the Chicago firearm permit issued to the resident in addition to the affidavit required in Subsection
(a) of this section. A copy of this permit shall be attached to the report of firearm dealers form required in Section
52-9 of this chapter and submitted to the Chief of Police along with the other information required for each firearm transferred in the Village.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
Each dealer in firearms shall be required to return a report
to the Chief of Police each day, of the sales or other disposition
of firearms made by such dealer on a form substantially as follows:
PERMIT NO. __________
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Date of sale or gift __________
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Name, address and age of purchaser or donee
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Occupation of purchaser or donee
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Kind, description and No. of weapon
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Purpose for which purchased or obtained
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Price of weapon __________
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[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
No person shall change, alter, remove or obliterate the name
of the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or other mark of
identification on any firearm. Possession of any firearm upon which
any such mark shall have been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated
shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed, altered,
removed or obliterated the same.
[Ord. 99-18, 12-6-1999, § 1]
No person shall sell or give to any alien or to any person under
the age of 21 years any firearm.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
No person shall carry concealed on or about his person a pistol,
revolver or other firearm. This provision does not apply, however,
to the following officers while engaged in the discharge of their
official duties:
Sheriffs, coroners, constables, policemen, or other duly constituted
peace officers, nor to the following employees or agents while engaged
in the discharge of the duties of their employment: conductors, baggagemen,
messengers, drivers, watchmen, special agents and police employed
by railroad or express companies and persons lawfully summoned by
an official to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while
so engaged in assisting such officer.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
No person shall carry in a motor vehicle any firearm with intent
to use the same in the commission of any crime, nor shall any person
who habitually frequents with thieves, or who habitually frequents
houses of ill fame or gambling places, carry in a motor vehicle any
firearm; nor shall any person carry in any motor vehicle any firearm
within 10 years after he shall have been convicted of murder, burglary,
robbery, or assault with intent to commit a felony or any crime of
violence.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed to deprive
any citizen of the right to keep in his home or place of business
any firearm reasonably necessary for the protection thereof.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
Any policeman of the Village may, within the limits of the Village,
without a warrant, arrest any person which he may find in the act
of carrying or possessing, selling, lending or giving away any deadly
weapon or firearm as prohibited under the provisions of this Chapter,
until a summons or warrant can be procured on complaint made (under
oath or affirmation) for the trial of such person.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
Any deadly weapon or firearm duly adjudged by a properly constituted
court to have been worn or carried by any person in violation of any
provision of this Chapter, shall be forfeited to the Village and shall
be so adjudged as part of the judgment and penalty for any violation
wherein a deadly weapon or firearm shall have been discovered and
taken.
[1943 Code, § 707.03]
Whoever shall, in the Village, fire or discharge a pistol or
other firearm; provided, that the discharge of blank cartridges by
any military company on parade and in command of the commanding officer,
or the discharge of firearms by any Village officer or other person
in the discharge of any legal duty when the same is done in such manner
as not to endanger the safety of any person or injure any property,
shall not be deemed violations hereof.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1; Ord., 5-16-1977, § 1]
No person shall be permitted to carry, display, transport, fire
or discharge, anywhere within the corporate limits of the Village,
any air gun or air pistol, spring gun or spring pistol, or other device,
which is calculated or intended to propel or project a pellet, arrow
or similar projectile unless police authorized supervision is present.
[Ord. 10-6-1952, § 1]
Any person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be punished as provided in Section
13-3 of this Code, and a dealer in firearms convicted of violating any provision of this Chapter, shall in addition to such penalty, forfeit his license.
[Ord. 99-09, 7-19-1999, §§ 1, 2]
(a) Definition. For purposes of this section and Section
52-21 of this Chapter, "firearm laser sight accessories" shall mean any laser sight device which is either integrated into a firearm or capable of being integrated into or attached to a firearm.
(b) Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or
display for sale, give, lend, transfer ownership of, acquire or possess
any firearm laser sight accessory within the Village.
(c) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1)
Members of the armed services or reserve forces of the United
States or the Illinois National Guard or organized militia of this
State or any other state, while such members are engaged in the performance
of their official duties or commuting between their homes and the
location of their assignments or official duties;
(2)
Law enforcement officers defined by 50 Illinois Compiled Statutes
705/2(f) to the extent that any such law enforcement officer is otherwise
authorized to acquire or possess a firearms laser sight accessory
and is acting within the scope of his or her official duties;
(3)
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
duties, or while commuting between their homes and places of employment;
and
(4)
The possession, transportation and/or delivery of firearm laser
sight accessories by a duly licensed common carrier while engaged
in lawful interstate or intrastate commerce.
(d) Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall
be fined in an amount not to exceed $750 for each offense.
[Ord. 99-09, 7-19-1999, §§ 1, 2]
(a) Any person within the Village may voluntarily and peaceably deliver and abandon to the Chief of Police or his designee any firearm laser sight accessory prior to any arrest and prosecution of such person on a charge of violating the provisions of Section
52-20 of this Chapter with respect to any firearm laser sight accessory voluntarily delivered.
(b) The surrender and delivery of a firearm laser sight accessory pursuant
to this section shall be made at the Village police station or by
summoning a designated police officer to the person's residence
or place of business.
(c) The voluntary delivery or abandonment of any firearm laser sight
accessory after an arrest or charge for a violation of any of the
provisions of this section shall not in any manner invalidate said
arrest or charge.
(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined
in an amount not to exceed $750 for each offense.
[Ord. 99-18, 12-6-1999, § 1]
No person shall be employed as an officer, agent or employee of any person, partnership, corporation or other entity licensed to sell firearms pursuant to Section
52-5 of this Chapter unless such person possess a valid Illinois firearms owner identification card, and unless such person submits to a personal background search by the Village's Police Department, which shall include, but is not limited to, fingerprinting, the findings of which may be the cause for denial for permission to be so employed.
[Ord. 99-18, 12-6-1999, § 1]
No sale or transfer of firearms by persons licensed to sell firearms, pursuant to Section
52-5 of this Chapter, shall be made to any person whom the licensee knows, or reasonably should know, is acquiring the firearm not for his own use, but for the purpose of transferring it to another person who could not legally obtain the firearm (commonly known as a "straw purchaser"). Any transfer of such firearm under the circumstances prohibited by this section shall be considered a violation of this section. The Village may revoke the firearms dealer license of the licensee if the licensee fails to comply with the provisions of this section after a public hearing by the Village Board with a three day written notice to the licensee affording the licensee an opportunity to appear and defend. If the Village Board has reason to believe that any continued operation of a particular licensed premises will immediately threaten the welfare of the community, it may, upon issuance of a written order stating the reason for such conclusion and without notice or hearing, order the licensed premises closed for not more than 10 days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during that period at a public hearing and affording the licensee the opportunity to appear and defend.
[Ord. 99-18, 12-6-1999, § 1]
In accordance with Section 1407.03 of the Zoning Ordinance of
the Village, the establishment of gun shops, in which the sale of
firearms or firearms ammunition is conducted, is prohibited in the
Village. Those gun shops that were legally licensed to do business
prior to such prohibition being enacted, and which continue to be
in existence on date of passage of this section, may continue to be
licensed, but no sale or transfer of substantially all of the assets
of such business shall be permitted, nor shall the ownership of such
business, including the sale or transfer of a partnership interest
or 10% or more of the corporate stock of such business, be permitted
unless such gun shop is relocated outside of the corporate boundaries
of the Village.
[Ord. 99-18, 12-6-1999, § 1]
No person possessing a firearms dealer's license may sell
or otherwise transfer a firearm to any person if the licensee knows
or reasonably should know the person requesting the firearm has previously
purchased or otherwise obtained a firearm within 30 days prior to
the date on which the purchase or transfer is sought.