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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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    Robert v. Gustin, The Revised Municipal Code of East St. Louis of 1908, at 361, § 885 (1909)
    (1908)
    Chapter 39-Misdemeanors, Article 1-Offenses Affecting the Public Peace and Quiet, § 885: Prohibited concealed carry of any pistol, revolver, slungshot, metallic knuckles, Bowie-knife, dirk, razor, or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Also prohibited brandishing such weapons. Violators fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars.
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    Revised Ordinances of the City of Danville, Illinois 179 (E. R. E. Kimbrough & W. J. Calhoun eds., 1892)
    (1883)
    § 23: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol, revolver, derringer, Bowie knife, dirk, slungshot, metallic knuckles, or a razor, as a weapon, or any other deadly weapon. Also prohibited displaying the weapon in a threatening or boisterous manner. Punishable by fine of $1-100 and forfeiting the weapon, if ordered by the magistrate.
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    1881 Ill. Laws 71
    (1881)
    Prohibited selling, giving, loaning, hiring for barter any minor a pistol, revolver, derringer, Bowie knife, dirk or other deadly weapon. Punishable by fine of $25-200.