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720 ILCS 5/2-7.1 (2026)

"Firearm" and "firearm ammunition"

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(720 ILCS 5/2-7.1)
    Sec. 2-7.1. "Firearm" and "firearm ammunition". "Firearm" and "firearm ammunition" have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-544, eff. 1-1-00.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2010–2017 · leading case: People v. Thompson, 2017 IL App (3d) 160503 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
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People v. Thompson, 2017 IL App (3d) 160503 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 4× “See 720 ILCS 5/2-7.1 (West 2014); 430 ILCS 65/1.”
People v. Anthony, 951 N.E.2d 507 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “A dictionary defines "ammunition" as "[t]he projectiles, along with their fuses and primers, that can be fired from guns or otherwise propelled." The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition 103 (1982).”
People v. Thompson, 2017 IL App (3d) 160503 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 4× “See 720 ILCS 5/2-7.1 (West 2014); 430 ILCS 65/1.”
People v. Meyer, 931 N.E.2d 1274 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “1 (West 2006); see also 720 ILCS 5/2-7.1 (West 2006) (giving firearm ammunition the definition found in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act).”
People v. Anthony, 2011 IL App (1st) 091528-B (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “If we were to accept an interpretation 5 Although the Criminal Code of 1961 defines “ammunition” as any one self-contained cartridge (720 ILCS 5/2-7.1 (West 2008), incorporating by reference 430 ILCS 65/1.”
People v. Anthony, 960 N.E.2d 1124 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “A dictionary defines "ammunition" as "[t]he projectiles, along with their fuses and primers, that can be fired from guns or otherwise propelled." The American Heritage Dictionary 103 (2d coll.”
People v. Anthony (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “6 The legislature’s use of the phrase “each *** ammunition” 5 Although the Criminal Code of 1961 defines “ammunition” as any one self-contained cartridge (720 ILCS 5/2-7.1 (West 2008), incorporating by reference 430 ILCS 65/1.”
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