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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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    Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago 11-13 (Murray F. Tuley ed., 1873)
    (1871)
    Chapter 8-Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-9. Enacted August 17, 1871: Prohibited anyone from carrying or wearing under their clothes, or concealed about their person any pistol, colt, slung shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, or Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators shall have weapons seized, and shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment.