Does Illinois Have an Assault Weapons Ban?

Illinois section 24-1.9 combines named firearm families with feature tests. For a semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine, one listed feature is enough; fixed-magazine capacity above 10 rounds and an overall length below 30 inches are separate criteria.

The retained-possession provisions require an Illinois State Police endorsement affidavit and confine possession to the locations listed in the statute, including specified private property, repair premises, ranges, competitions, and unloaded enclosed transport between authorized places.

There has been no federal assault weapons ban since the 1994 ban expired in 2004; no feature restrictions apply federally to semi-automatic rifles or pistols. The 2023 ATF pistol-brace rule was vacated nationwide and is not enforced, but federal SBR classification for a brace-equipped firearm still turns on whether the specific weapon is designed and intended to be fired from the shoulder. Cargill v. Garland (2024) made bump stocks federally legal. Feature bans are entirely a matter of state law.

Federal baseline verified 2026-07-31. Scope: State laws restricting semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns by configuration features: threaded barrels, pistol grips, folding or telescoping stocks, flash suppressors, forward grips, and similar. Magazine capacity limits are tracked as a separate class.