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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
REPLICA FIREARMS USED AS CELLPHONE HOLDERS ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 54, Article XII of the Cook County Code is hereby enacted as follows:
ARTICLE XII. REPLICA FIREARMS USED AS CELLPHONE HOLDERS
Sec. 54-420. Replica guns.
(a) Title. This division shall be known and may be cited as the "Replica Firearms Used As Cellphone Holders Ordinance" of Cook County, Illinois.
(b) Purpose and Policy. Like other major cities across America, the Cook County Government faces the ongoing challenge of combating the scourge of gun violence in our communities. Many imitation and replica firearms are manufactured in a manner that makes them nearly indistinguishable from working firearms; and imitation and replica firearms pose the greatest threat to mistakes in the use of force by police. Several foreign manufactured mobile phone cases which have the appearance of 9mm handguns have recently appeared for sale on several online retail outlets, and the one "Gun Grip Case" features the grip of an actual gun and trigger guard attached to the housing of a phone cover. When placed in a pocket, this product is indistinguishable from a working handgun. Law enforcement officials from New York, New Jersey and Michigan among others have advised people not to purchase or use this product. Numerous incidents have been reported by law enforcement officers across the country who have mistakenly identified imitation or replica firearms to be working handguns.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, possess, conceal, use, sell, give away or otherwise transfer, or to engage in the business of selling or to exhibit for sale, a replica firearm used as cellphone holders in Cook County, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section.
(d) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Replica firearm used as cellphone holders means an...
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