(720 ILCS 5/24-3)
Sec. 24-3. Unlawful Sale of Firearms.
A person commits the offense of unlawful sale of firearms when he knowingly:
(a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years
of age; or
(b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21 years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent; or
(c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict; or
(d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
other jurisdiction; or
(e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has been a patient in a mental hospital within the past 5 years;
or
(f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is mentally retarded; or
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(g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without withholding
delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours after application for its purchase has been made, or delivers
any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, incidental to a sale, without withholding delivery of such rifle, shotgun or
other long gun for at least 24 hours after application for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph
shall not apply to:
(1) the sale of a firearm to a law enforcement officer or a person who desires to purchase a firearm for use
in promoting the public interest incident to his employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
similar employment; or
(2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed to a point
outside the boundaries of Illinois; or
(3) the sale of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a firearm showing or display recognized by the
Illinois Department of State Police; or
(4) the sale of a firearm to a dealer licensed under the Federal Firearms Act of the United States; or
(h) While holding any license under the Federal “Gun Control Act of 1968", as amended, as a dealer, importer,
manufacturer or pawnbroker; manufactures, sells or delivers to any unlicensed person a handgun having a
barrel, slide, frame or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any other nonhomogeneous metal which
will melt or deform at a temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For purposes of this paragraph,
(1) “firearm” is defined as in “An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and
firearm ammunition, to provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an appropriation in connection
therewith”, approved August 3, 1967, as amended;
(2) “handgun” is defined as a firearm designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand, and includes
a combination of parts from which a firearm can be assembled; or
(i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
Owner’s Identification Card.
(j) Paragraph (h) of this Section shall not include firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of this amendatory
Act of 1973, nor shall any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or purchased by any citizen
within 6 months after the enactment of this amendatory Act of 1973 be subject to confiscation or seizure
under the provisions of this amendatory Act of 1973. Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1973 shall be construed
to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
after the enactment of this amendatory Act of 1973.
(k) Sentence. Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms in violation of paragraphs (b) through (h) commits
a Class 4 felony. Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i)
commits a Class 3 felony. Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i)
in any school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year, in residential property owned, operated, and
managed by a public housing agency, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any
school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on residential property owned, operated, and managed
by a public housing agency, on the real property comprising any public park, on the real property
comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students
to or from school or a school related activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
comprising any school, public park, courthouse, or residential property owned, operated, and managed by a
public housing agency commits a Class 2 felony. (Source: P.A. 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)