(A) No person shall manufacture, sell, offer or display for sale, give, lend, transfer ownership of, acquire or possess any assault weapon or large capacity magazine. This subsection shall not apply to:
(1) The sale or transfer to, or possession by any officer, agent, or employee of Cook County or any other municipality or state or of the United States, members of the armed forces of the United States; or the organized militia of this or any other state; or peace officers to the extent that any such person named in this subsection is otherwise authorized to acquire or possess an assault weapon and/or large capacity magazine and does so while acting within the scope of his or her duties;
(2) Transportation of assault weapons or large capacity magazine if such weapons are broken down and in a nonfunctioning state and are not immediately accessible to any person.
(B) Any assault weapon or large capacity magazine possessed, sold or transferred in violation of division (A) of this section is hereby declared to be contraband and shall be seized and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of § 135.03.
(C) Any person found in violation of this section shall be sentenced to not more than six months imprisonment or fined not less than $500 and not more than $1,000, or both.
(D) Any person who, prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, was legally in possession of an assault weapon or large capacity magazine prohibited by this section shall have 90 days from the effective date of the ordinance to do any of the following without being subject to prosecution hereunder:
(1) To remove the assault weapon or large capacity magazine from within the limits of the County of Cook;
(2) To modify the assault weapon or large capacity magazine either to render it permanently inoperable or to permanently make it a device no longer defined as an assault weapon or large capacity magazine; or
(3) To surrender the assault weapon or large capacity magazine to the Sheriff or his or her designee for disposal as provided below.
(Ord. 13-1080, passed 6-27-2013)