(a) A person commits gunrunning when he or she transfers 3 or more firearms in violation of any of the paragraphs of Section 24-3 of this Code.
     (b) Sentence. A person who commits gunrunning:

Attorney's Note

Under the Illinois Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 1 felonybetween 4 and 15 yearsup to $25,000
For details, see § Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-30

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         (1) is guilty of a Class 1 felony;
         (2) is guilty of a Class X felony for which the
    
sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of not less than 8 years and not more than 40 years if the transfer is of not less than 11 firearms and not more than 20 firearms;
        (3) is guilty of a Class X felony for which the
    
sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more than 50 years if the transfer is of more than 20 firearms.
A person who commits gunrunning by transferring firearms to a person who, at the time of the commission of the offense, is under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class X felony.