Originally Posted By battlehawk1025:
nope I have 60 rounders and 150 round drum and im in c(r)ook county. Chicago yes it's illegal. rest of cook county is a bit confusing. According to my FFL he said I can have what ever want (mag wise) as long as my town has home rule which it does :)
So if your outside of cook you should be good

Originally Posted By ToastFire:
Depends on where It's going. I know that there are a couple cities here in IL have hi cap bans for anything over 10 rounds. (all of cook county and the city of Aurora come to mind). Most of the state there is no ban on hi capacity mags. Where exactly are you trying to send them ?

Originally Posted By ToastFire:


I find that interesting, seeing as everyone I've spoken to says otherwise. But I'm not sure any of them have lived in cook. Ya learn something new every day.

Originally Posted By battlehawk1025:
nope I have 60 rounders and 150 round drum and im in c(r)ook county. Chicago yes it's illegal. rest of cook county is a bit confusing. According to my FFL he said I can have what ever want (mag wise) as long as my town has home rule which it does :)
So if your outside of cook you should be good

Originally Posted By big-dewey:


Hi-cap mags are a no-no anywhere in Cook County except within the borders of any "home rule" towns that don't have their own firearms laws. There may be others, but Des Plaines is the only town in CC that I'm aware that is "home rule". If the OP is outside CC he should be ok.


"Large capacity magazine means any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than ten rounds, but shall not be construed to include the following:
(1) A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accommodate more than ten rounds.
(2) A 22 caliber tube ammunition feeding device.
(3) A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm."

"Sec. 54-212. - Assault weapons and large capacity magazines; sale prohibited; exceptions.
(a) No person shall manufacture, sell, offer or display for sale, give, lend, transfer ownership of, acquire or possess any assault weapon or large capacity magazine.This subsection shall not apply to:
(1) The sale or transfer to, or possession by any officer, agent, or employee of Cook County or any other municipality or state or of the United States, members of the armed forces of the United States; or the organized militia of this or any other state; or peace officers to the extent that any such person named in this subsection is otherwise authorized to acquire or possess an assault weapon and/or large capacity magazine and does so while acting within the scope of his or her duties;
(2) Transportation of assault weapons or large capacity magazine if such weapons are broken down and in a nonfunctioning state and are not immediately accessible to any person.

(b) Any assault weapon or large capacity magazine possessed, sold or transferred in violation of Subsection (a) of this section is hereby declared to be contraband and shall be seized and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Section 54-213.

(c) Any person found in violation of this section shall be sentenced to not more than six months imprisonment or fined not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(d) Any person who, prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, was legally in possession of an assault weapon or large capacity magazine prohibited by this section shall have 90 days from the effective date of the ordinance to do any of the following without being subject to prosecution hereunder:

(1) To remove the assault weapon or large capacity magazine from within the limits of the County of Cook; or
(2) To modify the assault weapon or large capacity magazine either to render it permanently inoperable or to permanently make it a device no longer defined as an assault weapon or large capacity magazine; or
(3) To surrender the assault weapon or large capacity magazine to the Sheriff or his designee for disposal as provided below."

10-5-8: WEAPONS, FIREARMS:


A. Carrying, Displaying Weapons: No person in the village shall wear or carry concealed about his person any pistol, revolver, slingshot, metallic knuckles, bowie knife, dirk, razor, chemical mace or like substance, or other dangerous or deadly weapons, or display or flourish any such weapon in a boisterous or threatening manner; provided, that the provisions of this subsection shall not be held to apply to any peace officer while in the discharge of his duty, nor to any person summoned by an officer to aid him in making any arrest or preserving the peace.

B. Certain Types Of Weapons Prohibited Or Restricted: No person in the village shall sell, manufacture, or carry the following:

1. Two Or More Shots: Any weapon from which two (2) or more shots of bullets may be discharged by a single function of the firing device.

2. Chemical Mace, Noxious Gas Prohibited; Exception: Any chemical mace, noxious liquid gas, or like substance; except, however, that United States postal service employees, in the course of their official duties, may use an animal repellent in accordance with existing postal service regulations, on attacking animals.

C. Discharging Firearms: No person shall fire or discharge, within the village, any cannon, anvil, gun, pistol or firearm; provided, that the discharge of firearms upon national holidays and in the celebration of other public and general events, or the discharge of blank cartridges by a military company when on parade and in command of the commanding officer, or the discharge of firearms by any village officer or other person in the discharge of any legal duty, when the same is done in such manner as not to endanger the safety of any person or injure any property, shall not be deemed a violation of this subsection, nor shall the discharge of firearms in duly licensed shooting galleries.

D. Air Rifles, Slingshots And Bows And Arrows:

1. Definitions: That the following definitions apply to this subsection:

AIR RIFLE: Any air gun, air pistol, paintball gun, pellet gun or any implement that is not a firearm which impels/propels a breakable paintball, pellet, or other hard projectile at such a force that it is reasonably expected to cause bodily harm or damage to property.

BOW AND ARROW: Any prime equipment used in archery or bow hunting, including, but not limited to, crossbows, arrows or darts.

MINOR: Any individual under the age of eighteen (18).

SLINGSHOT: Any device of any kind, shape or size which utilizes a spring or elastic band, alone or in conjunction with a physical act, to propel a projectile.

2. Discharge: It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle, slingshot, or bow and arrow on any street, public parkway, public alley, park, other public area within the village, or across the private property of any other person without permission.

3. Possession:

a. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or carry, either concealed or unconcealed, an air rifle, slingshot, or bow and arrow, on or about his person or within a motor vehicle, except when on his land, abode, or fixed place of business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, air rifles, slingshots and bows and arrows may be transferred by motor vehicles if:

(1) The air rifle, slingshot or bow and arrow is unloaded;

(2) The air rifle, slingshot or bow and arrow is contained in a carrying case; and

(3) The carrying case is in the trunk or other compartment separate from the driver and passengers.

b. It shall be unlawful for any minor to possess any air rifle, slingshot or bow and arrow at any time, except within his house of residence or when accompanied by an adult who is the minor's parent or guardian or adult instructor specified by the parent or guardian.

4. Transfers: It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer or sell an air rifle, slingshot or bow and arrow to any minor, except when the recipient minor is the child or ward of the transferor.

5. False Statements: It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely represent his/her age to be eighteen (18) years or more in connection with the possession, discharge or transfer of an air rifle, slingshot or bow and arrow.

6. Exceptions: This subsection D is not intended to prevent the use of air rifles, slingshots and bows and arrows which do not endanger persons and property when such use is:

a. Wholly upon a person's private property and that person is either a nonminor, or a minor supervised by a parent or guardian or adult instructor designated by the parent or guardian; or

b. At a licensed shooting gallery where the person is either a nonminor, or a minor supervised by a parent or guardian or adult instructor designated by the parent or guardian.

7. Forfeiture: Any person convicted of violating this subsection D shall forfeit the air rifle, slingshot or bow and arrow to the village.

8. Penalties: Persons convicted of a violation of any part of this subsection shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), with each offense constituting a separate and distinct violation. (1951 Code 17-4-10, 17-4-11; Ords. 82-1-4, 82-7-24, 95-20-80)