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Here I've been telling everyone we never had CCW in IL before...


Tango7

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and I was wrong.

 

From 1919 to 1924 or thereabouts we had the Sadler Act, introduced by Senator Francis P. Sadler as SB 18, from Chicago.

 

The Act read:

 

155. Unlawful to carry concealed weapon with-out license. § 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry concealed upon his person, any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a written license therefore, issued as hereinafter prescribed in this Section.

It shall be the duty of chief police officers in cities, and of justices of the peace and police magistrates elsewhere in the State, upon written application therefore, and upon satisfactory proof of good moral character and that proper cause exists for the issuance thereof, to issue a license to any citizen or the State of Illinois to carry concealed a pistol or revolver.

 

The application for a license shall be sworn to by the applicant and shall state the particular cause, reason or condition for such application and shall be accompanied by the affidavits of two reputable householders, residents of the county in which the application is made, which shall certify from personal knowledge to the good moral character of applicant and that they have investigated the particular cause, reason or condition assigned in the application and believe the same to be true and correct. The license so issued shall state the particular cause, reason or condition for its issuance and shall contain the names of the person whose affidavits accompany the application.

Any license issued in pursuance of the provisions of this section may be limited as to the period for which issued and may be vacated or cancelled at any time for good cause by the chief police officer or the justice of the peace or police magistrate issuing the same. Conviction of a licensee for a felony shall operate as a revocation for any such license.

 

156. To whom not to apply. § 5. Section four (4) of this Act shall not apply to sheriffs, coroners, constables, policemen, or other peace officers, or any warden, superintendent or head keeper of any prison, penitentiary, county jail or other institution tor the detention of persons convicted of or accused of crime, while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. or to any person summoned by any of such officers to assist in making arrest, or preserving the peace, while such person so summoned is engaged in assisting such officer, or to the regular and ordinary transportation and sale of firearms as merchandise.

 

157. Penalty § 6. Whoever shall violate the provisions of section 1 or 4 of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

 

Whoever shall violate the provisions of section 2 or 3 of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

 

Any person who shall willfully and falsely swear or affirm as to any material fact in any affidavit provided for in section 4 of this Act, shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished according to the laws of this state.

 

158. Who guilty of felony. §7 Whoever, after been convicted of murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, rape, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon, or assault with intent to commit a felony shall violate the provisions of section 4 of this Act, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than ten years.

From The Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, 1921 Edition, available here: https://books.google.com/books?id=xplCAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA2066&ots=KaYySYqCjY&dq=IL%20criminal%20code%20of%201921&pg=PA635#v=onepage&q=IL%20criminal%20code%20of%201921&f=false

 

And needless to say, even back then the Tribune opposed the idea, penning an editorial titled "THE GUN PERMIT EVIL" on June 23, 1924.

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That would most likely have been repealed by the criminal code of 1961. The '61 code removed open carry in incorporated municipalities.

Actually, a Trib article from 1950 titled "4,000 carriers of guns swamp courts yearly" quotes Judge Elmer Schnackenberg with "I am the author of the present Illinois law against carrying concealed weapons. It was passed in 1925 and was the best we could get to replace the Sadler Act under which gun permits had become a public nuisance".

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