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Building, selling, or possessing privately made firearms without serial numbers – so-called "ghost guns" – is banned in Illinois. [82] The state prohibits the sale or possession of "switches". These are devices that can be used to convert a gun to full-automatic fire, where more than one round is fired when the trigger is pulled one time. [54]
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” into law Tuesday. Here’s what gun owners in the state need to know.
Illinois law requires that, when a firearm is sold by a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder, or in any private sale, the seller perform a dial-up inquiry to the State Police to verify that the buyer's FOID card is valid. This additional check is known as the Firearm Transfer Inquiry Program (FTIP).
Illinois enacted the Protect Illinois Communities Act in January 2023. The law prohibits the sale and possession of certain semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns, and magazines over certain ...
Illinois banned the sale and possession of more than 170 semi-automatic firearms and magazines over certain capacities in January 2023. ... Illinois’ gun and magazine ban will stay in effect ...
The gun show loophole is a term describing the legal exception of mandated background checks for certain private sales of firearms in the United States. Primarily, it refers to "a situation in which many sellers dealing in firearms offer them for sale at gun shows without becoming licensed or subjecting purchasers to background checks".
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
For the past month, the Illinois State Police has operated its online registry for those wishing to keep guns and attachments now banned by the state's ban on semi-assault weapons.