HB4206 - Illinois: Business, County Government, Exemptions, Weapons

CRIM CD-WEAPONS-BILLY Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful to carry or possess a billy on or about one's person, upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode or fixed place of business (rather than to carry or possess a billy with the intent to use the billy unlawfully against another person). Also prohibits the carrying or possession of a billy, pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser in a building owned or operated by a county government. House Amendment No. 1 Restores provision that prohibits the carrying or possession of a billy with the intent to use the same unlawfully against another. Also provides that a billy, taser, or firearm may not be carried or possessed in a building owned or operated [...]

show full description