(A) No person shall carry, use, fire or discharge any firearm or other weapon causing a projectile of any sort to travel through the air in any public park.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PROJECTILE. Includes shot of any size, pellets, darts, arrows, bullets, rocks, pebbles or other objects capable of being shot or hurled through the air.
FIREARMS OR OTHER WEAPONS. Include arms which obtain their motive force from gunpowder, compressed air, springs or elastic objects or material.
(C) This section shall not apply to police officers or other persons specially authorized to carry these firearms in the course of their duties in and about the public parks of the city.
(1990 Code, § 18-35) (Ord. 62-683, passed 12-13-1962) Penalty, see § 95.99
Statutory reference:
Weapons, see ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, §§ 24-1 et seq.