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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 78 (Murray F. Tuley ed., 1873)
    (1866)
    Chapter 28-Misdemeanors, § 15-Fire Arms and Fire-Works Not to be Discharged-Permission-Penalty. Revised Ordinance of 1866: Prohibited firing or discharging any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, or firearms of any description, or fire, explode, or set off any squib, crackers, or other thing containing powder, or other combustible, or explosive material. Violators shall be fined not less than two nor more than five dollars.
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    1861 Ill. Laws 144
    (1861)
    Sec. 78: Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, or fire-arms of any description.