{"data":{"id":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-24-10","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"720 ILCS 5/24-10","heading":"Municipal ordinance regulating firearms; affirmative defense to a violation.","body":"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.","path":["CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES","Criminal Code of 2012."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1876\u0026ChapterID=53\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:41Z","sha256":"3b7809e12d693ae6871dd28473cc559891a268fa95628cc614e483de39e66383","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-24-9.5","next":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-24.5-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}