(A) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he or she knowingly:
(1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, or carries any bludgeon, blackjack, slung-shot, sand-club, sandbag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife, commonly referred to as
a SWITCHBLADE KNIFE, which has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, or a BALLISTIC KNIFE, which is a device that propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
(2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle, or other piece of glass, stun gun or taser, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
(3) Carries on or about his or her person or in any vehicle, a tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing noxious liquid gas or substance other than an object containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18 years of age or older; or
(4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person, except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person’s permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser, or other firearm, except that this division (A)(4) does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
(a) Are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
(b) Are not immediately accessible; or
(c) Are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card; or
(5) Sets a spring gun; or
(6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report of any firearm; or
(7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, or carries:
(a) A MACHINE GUN, which shall be defined for the purposes of this division (A)(7) as any weapon, which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manually reloading by a single function of the trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such weapon. No person shall sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, or carry any combination of parts designed or intended for use in converting any weapon into a machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person; or
(b) Any rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length, or a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length, or any weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches; or
(c) Any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle, or other container containing an explosive substance of over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but not limited to, black powder bombs, Molotov cocktails, or artillery projectiles; or
(8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser, or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body or any public gathering at which an admission is charged, excluding a place where a showing, demonstration, or lecture involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is conducted. This division (A)(8) does not apply to any auction or raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
(9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser, or firearm, when he or she is hooded, robed, or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her identity; or
(10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of the city, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person’s permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser, or other firearm, except that this division (A)(10) does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
(a) Are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
(b) Are not immediately accessible; or
(c) Are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card; or
(11) Sells, manufactures, or purchases any explosive bullet. For purposes of this division (A), EXPLOSIVE BULLET means the projectile portion of an ammunition cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human or an animal. CARTRIDGE means a tubular metal case having a projectile affixed at the front thereof, and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant contained in the tube between the projectile and the cap; or
(12) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a billy club, other weapon of like character, or other instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon. For the purposes of this section, BILLY CLUB means a short stick or club commonly carried by police officers, which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece of wood or other man-made material.
(B) A STUN GUN OR TASER, as used in this section, means:
(1) Any device which is powered by electrical charging units, such as batteries, and which fires one or several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon hitting a human, can send out a current capable of disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as to render him or her incapable of normal functioning; or
(2) Any device which is powered by electrical charging units, such as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as to render him or her incapable of normal functioning.
(C) Sentence. A person convicted of violation of divisions (A)(1) through (5), (10), (11), or (12) commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of division (A)(8) or (9) commits a Class 4 felony. A person convicted of a violation of division (A)(6) or (7)(b) or (c) commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of division (A)(7)(a) commits a Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 1-146), or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of divisions (A)(4), (8), (9), or (10) commits a Class 3 felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this section constitutes a single and separate violation.
(D) Exemptions. Crossbows, common or compound bows and underwater spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic knife as defined in division (A)(1) of this section.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 24-1) Penalty, see § 130.99