720 ILCS 5/24-3.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 720 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES|720 ILCS 5/ - Criminal Code of 2012.|Title III - Specific Offenses

 (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.2)Sec. 24-3.2.     Unlawful discharge of firearm projectiles.(a) A person  commits the offense of unlawful discharge of firearm projectiles when he  or she knowingly  or recklessly uses an armor piercing bullet, dragon's  breath shotgun shell, bolo shell, or flechette  shell  in violation of  this Section.For purposes of this Section:"Armor piercing bullet" means  any handgun bullet or handgun ammunition with projectiles or projectile cores  constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances)  from tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper  or depleted uranium, or fully jacketed bullets larger than 22 caliber whose  jacket  has a weight of more than 25% of the total weight of the projectile, and  excluding those handgun  projectiles whose cores are composed of soft materials such as lead or lead  alloys, zinc or zinc alloys, frangible projectiles designed primarily for  sporting purposes, and any  other projectiles or projectile cores that the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury  finds to be primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes or industrial  purposes or that otherwise does not constitute "armor piercing ammunition" as  that term is defined by federal law."Dragon's breath shotgun shell" means any shotgun shell that contains  exothermic pyrophoric mesh metal as the projectile and is designed for the  purpose of throwing or spewing a flame or fireball to simulate a flame-thrower."Bolo shell" means any shell that can be fired in a firearm and expels as  projectiles 2 or more metal balls connected by solid metal wire."Flechette shell" means any shell that can be fired in a firearm and expels  2 or more pieces of fin-stabilized solid metal wire or 2 or more solid  dart-type  projectiles.(b) A person commits a Class X felony when he or she, knowing that a  firearm,  as defined in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card  Act, is loaded with an armor  piercing bullet, dragon's breath shotgun shell, bolo  shell, or flechette  shell,  intentionally or recklessly discharges such firearm and such bullet or  shell strikes  any other person.(c) Any person who possesses, concealed on or about his or her person,  an armor  piercing bullet, dragon's breath shotgun shell, bolo  shell, or flechette  shell  and a firearm suitable for the discharge thereof is guilty  of a Class 2 felony.(d) This Section does not apply to or affect any of the following:(1) Peace officers;(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,     penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense;(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces     of the United States or the Illinois National Guard while in the performance of their official duties;(4) Federal officials required to carry firearms,     while engaged in the performance of their official duties;(5) United States Marshals, while engaged in the     performance of their official duties.   (Source: P.A. 92-423, eff. 1-1-02.)