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720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (2026)

"Firearm"

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(720 ILCS 5/2-7.5)
    Sec. 2-7.5. "Firearm". Except as otherwise provided in a specific Section, "firearm" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

    
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Cited in 39 cases (13 in the last 5 years), 2003–2025 · leading case: People v. Wright, 2017 IL 119561 (Ill. 2017).
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People v. Wright, 2017 IL 119561 (Ill. 2017). “1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (FOID Act), in pertinent part, as "any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas" but specifically excluding, among other…”
People v. McLaurin, 2020 IL 124563 (Ill. 2020). “1 (West 2014); see also 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2014). This provision of the FOID Act specifically excludes, among other items, any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or BB gun.”
People v. Clark, 2015 IL App (3d) 140036 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 3× “1 (West 2010); 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2010) (definition of "firearm").”
People v. Moss, 795 N.E.2d 208 (Ill. 2003). “" 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2000). Section 2-15.”
People v. Washington, 969 N.E.2d 349 (Ill. 2012). “" Public Act 91-404 also provided a definition of the term "firearm" (see 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2000) ("Except as otherwise provided in a specific Section, `firearm' has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.”
People v. Malone, 2012 IL App (1st) 110517 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “5 of the Code (720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2008)) provides that the term “firearm” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1.”
People v. Fields, 2014 IL App (1st) 110311 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “" 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2008). Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (FOID Act) provides: " 'Firearm' means any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape…”
People v. McLaurin, 2018 IL App (1st) 170258 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “On appeal, defendant contends that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because it failed to present sufficient evidence that he possessed a firearm as defined by the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2014); 430 ILCS 65/1.”
People v. Fields, 2017 IL App (1st) 110311-B (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2008). Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (FOID Act) provides: “ ‘Firearm’ means any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape…”
People v. Wright, 2015 IL App (1st) 123496 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2010); see also 430 ILCS 65/1.”
People v. Hunter, 2016 IL App (1st) 141904 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2010). In relevant part, the FOID Card Act defines a “firearm” as “any device *** which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas.”
People v. Johnson, 2020 IL App (3d) 160675 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “1 (West 2014); 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5 (West 2014). Defendant was also charged with aggravated robbery, which is committed where a person merely indicates “to the victim that he or she is presently armed with a firearm or other dangerous weapon.”
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— 720 ILCS 5/2-7.5(a)(1) — 1 case
People v. Sucic (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).
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