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Illinois

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Illinois. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, manufacturing and transportation records (e.g., Chicago and downstate corridors), and oral histories tied to Illinois people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    1856 Ill. Comp. Stat. 365
    (1855)
    Offenses Against the Persons of Individuals, Div. V, § 43: Prohibited dueling or agreeing to duel or single combat with any engine, instrument, or weapon where the probably consequence might be the death of either party, and shall kill his antagonist, or shall inflict a wound where the party shall die within one year. Each violator, his second, the second of the person killed, all aiders, abettors, and counselors convicted shall be punished under a high misdemeanor, punished by a prison term not less than one nor more than five years.