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August 2023

An Ordinance Prohibiting the Sale to or Furnishing Minors with Firearms, §§ 1-2, in 1873 Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Chicago, at 114 (1874).

Posted by on August 10, 2023

“The following is the ordinance as passed: AN ORDINANCE Prohibiting the sale to or furnishing minors with firearms. Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the City of Chicago: SECTION 1. That no person within said city shall sell to or in any manner furnish any minor with any gun, pistol, revolver, or other […]

An act to provide for the organization of the State Militia and entitled “The Milliary [sic] Code of Illinois.” Article XI General Provisions § 5. Other Organizations Prohibited (1 July, 1879).

Posted by on April 13, 2023

“5. Other Organizations Prohibited.] § 5. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other-than the regular organized volunteer militia of this State, and the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or to drill or parade with arms in any city, or town, […]

The Municipal Code of Chicago (1881)

Posted by on November 23, 2022

Article XLIII. Parks and Public Grounds. 1690. All persons are forbidden to carry firearms or to throw stones or other missiles within any one of the public parks.  All persons are forbidden to cut, break or in any way injure or deface the trees, shrubs, plants, turf or any of the buildings, fences, bridges or other […]

The Chicago Municipal Code of 1922, Article II, Regulations, Sec. 2870 (1922)

Posted by on November 22, 2022

2870. Firearms-missiles. All persons are forbidden to carry firearms or to throw stones or other missiles within any of the parks, public playgrounds or bathing beaches of the city, and all persons are forbidden to cut, break or in any way injure or deface trees, shrubs, plants, turf or any of the buildings, fences, bridges […]

Amendments to the Revised Municipal Code of Chicago of 1905 and New General Ordinances 40 (1905)

Posted by on November 18, 2022

1562.  All persons are forbidden to carry firearms or to throw stones or other missiles within any of the Parks, Public Play Grounds or Bathing Beaches of the City . . . . Full Text: HathiTrust (subscription required)