For Eric.Cartman:
Here is the House bill - the Senate bill was identical
http://ilga.gov/legislation/billsta...9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=28278&SessionID=51
Here is the definition of "assault weapon"
a la Illinois gun banners - it's the same as CA I believe, and the same definition that has been placed into the McCarthy federal bill (1022). Unlike the Clinton ban bill, which was detatchable mag plus "TWO evil features", this newer one is detatchable mag plus "ONE evil feature").
Note also that the IL proposed law would ban also any semi-auto shotgun that can hold more than 5 rounds, and would ban all .50 BMG. Indeed, it's a very bad bill....
(a) Definitions. In this Section:
11 (1) "Semi-automatic assault weapon" means:
12 (A) any of the firearms or types, replicas, or
13 duplicates in any caliber of the firearms, known as:
14 (i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies
15 Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models);
16 (ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries
17 UZI and Galil;
18 (iii) Beretta AR-70 (SC-70);
19 (iv) Colt AR-15;
20 (v) Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and
21 FNC;
22 (vi) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;
23 (vii) Steyr AUG;
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2 (viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9, and TEC-22;
3 and
4 (ix) any shotgun which contains its ammunition
5 in a revolving cylinder, such as (but not limited
6 to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12;
7 (B) a semi-automatic rifle that has an ability to
8 accept a detachable magazine and has any of the
9 following:
10 (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
11 (ii) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;
12 (iii) a shroud that is attached to, or
13 partially or completely encircles the barrel, and
14 that permits the shooter to hold the firearm with
15 the non-trigger hand without being burned; or
16 (iv) a fixed magazine that has the capacity to
17 accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition;
18 (C) a semi-automatic pistol that has an ability to
19 accept a detachable magazine and has any of the
20 following:
21 (i) a folding, telescoping, or thumbhole
22 stock;
23 (ii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially
24 or completely encircles the barrel, and that
25 permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the
26 non-trigger hand without being burned;
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1 (iii) an ammunition magazine that attaches to
2 the pistol outside of the pistol grip;
3 (iv) a fixed magazine that has the capacity to
4 accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition;
5 (v) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more
6 when the pistol is unloaded; or
7 (vi) a semi-automatic version of an automatic
8 firearm;
9 (D) a semi-automatic shotgun that has any of the
10 following:
11 (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
12 (ii) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;
13 (iii) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5
14 rounds; or
15 (iv) an ability to accept a detachable
16 magazine. "Semi-automatic assault weapon" does not
17 include:
18 (A) any firearm that:
19 (i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever,
20 or slide action;
21 (ii) is an "unserviceable firearm" or has been
22 made permanently inoperable; or
23 (iii) is an antique firearm;
24 (B) any air rifle as defined in Section 1 of the
25 Air Rifle Act.
