720 ILCS 5/24-10

Current through Public Act 103-585
Section 720 ILCS 5/24-10 - Municipal Ordinance Regulating Firearms; Affirmative Defense To A Violation

It is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another as defined in Sections 7-1 and 7-2 of this Code when on his or her land or in his or her abode or fixed place of business.

720 ILCS 5/24-10

Added by P.A. 093-1048, § 5, eff. 11/16/2004.