Chicago Police Department Roster of
“Unsafe Handguns”
I. PURPOSE
The following handguns have been specifically disapproved by the Superintendent as
unsafe handguns and therefore cannot be registered within the City of Chicago.
II. ROSTER OF UNSAFE HUNDGUNS AS DESIGNATED BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT
a. Where a model or type is not specifically referenced, all models from the
listed manufacturer are deemed unsafe.
Acme
Acme Arms
Aetna
Aetna Arms
Afflerbach, William H.
Ajax Army
Alaska
Alday & Gabilondo
Alert
Alexia
Alexis
All Right Firearms Company
Allen
Allen, W. C.
Alsop, Charles H.
America
American Arms Co.
American Boy
American Bulldog
American Derringer Corp. — all spur trigger models, derringers, and pen guns
American Eagle
American Standard Tool Co.
Americus
AMES Sword Company
Andrews Ferry & Co.
ARES/ARES Defense Systems — all flashlight gun models
Aristocrat
Avenger
Babcock
Bacon Arms
Bacon Mfg. Co.
Baford Arms — all derringers
Ballard, C. H.
Bang-Up
Beemiller, Inc.
Big Bonanza
Billings
Bismarck
Bliss, Frank D.
Bloodhound
Blue Jacket
Blue Whistler
Bodeo
Bonanza
Bond Arms — all models without trigger guards
Boss
Boy's Choice
Brooklyn Arms
Brown Mfg. Co.
Bruff, Richard P.
Brutus
Bryco Arms
Buffalo Bill
Bull Dozer
Bulldog
Bulls Eye
C.S. Shatuck Arms Co.
Captain Jack
Catello Tribuzio — LAMPO model
Centennial
Challenge
Champion
Charles E. Billings — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Chase, Anson
Chicago Firearms Company — Chicago Protector and Protector models
Chichester
Chieftain
Christy, William J.
Clerke Products
Clipper
Cobra Ent.
Colt — all derringers
Cone, D. D.
Connecticut Arms & Mfg. Co.
Conqueror
Continental
Continental Arms Co.
Copeland, Frank
Covert Arms — all pen guns
Cowles & Smith
Cowles & Son
Creedmore
Crescent
Crescent Firearms Co. — all spur trigger models
Crispin, Silas
Crowell, George G.
Crown Jewel
CSG — all flashlight gun models
Cummings, O. S.
Czar
D. Debouxtay
Daily Arms Co.
Daisy
Daniel Werner — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Davis Ind.
Dead Shot
Defender
Defiance
Delhaxhe — Knuckleduster model
Deringer Rifle & Pistol Works
Dickinson, E. L. & J.
Dictator
Dreadnaught
Driscoll, J. B.
Eagle
Earlhood
Earthquake
Eclipse
Edward Boardman and Andrew Peavey — Little All Right models
Elector
Electric
Empire
Empress
Encore
Enterprise Gun Works
Ernst Schmidt & Co.
Esprin Brothers
Ethan Allen
Eureka
Evans, James E.
Evans, W. S.
Excelsior
Express
Favorite
Firearms Import Export (F.I.E.)
Fish, Daniel
Folsom Bros. & Co.
Forehand & Wadsworth — all spur and sheathed trigger models
Forehand Arms Co. — all spur and sheathed trigger models
Frank Copeland
Frank Wesson Arms
Freedom Arms — all sheathed trigger models
Frontier
Fryberg, Andrew
G.R.A.D. — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Garate Brothers
Garbi, Moretti, Y, CIA, (GMC)
Garrison
Gem
Genez, August G.
German Resel — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Governor
Great Western Gun Works
Gross Arms Co.
Guardian
Half-Breed
Hard Pan
Harrington & Richardson (H&R) — all spur, stud, and sheathed trigger models
Harrington and Richardson — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Hartford Arms Co.
Hartley and Graham — Squeezer and Protector models
Haskell Mfg., Inc.
Henrion, Dassy, & Heuschen, (HDH)
Hi-Point Firearms
HJS Arms, Inc.
Hood Firearms Co.
Hopkins & Allen — all sheathed trigger models
Horseman's — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Hungarian — Mini Max – 9 model
Hyde & Shattuck
Iberia Firearms, Inc.
Imperial Arms
International
Irving, William
Iver Johnson — all sheathed trigger and ‘knuckle’ attachment models
J. Ductworth — Protector model
J. P. Sauer and Sons of Suhl — Bar Pistol model
J. Stevens — all sheathed trigger models
J.H. Johnson
James Reid Revolvers — Friend, My Friend, Model #2 Knuckle-Duster, New Model
Knuckle-Duster, and New Model My Friend models
James Rodgers — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
James Turbiaux — Le Protector model
Jennings, Inc.
Jewel
Jimenez Arms, Inc.
John Vittie — all pen gun models
Johnson Bye & Co.
Jose Aldazabal & Sons
Joseph Rodgers & Sons — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Jules Bertrand
Keno
Kittemaug
L. Dolne Invur — Apache Knuckleduster model
L.E. Polhemus Manufacturing Company — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
and all pen gun models
Le Francais — Gaulois model
Leader
Lee Arms Co.
Liberty
Lion
Little All Right Firearms Co.
Little Giant
Little John
Little Joker
Lombard, H.C. & Co.
Lorcin Engineering Co., Inc.
Louis Chobert
Louis Dolne — APACHE model
Lowell Arms Co.
Maltby-Curtis — all spur trigger models
Maltby-Henly
Manufrance — Gaulois and Mitrailleuse models
Marlin
Marquis of Lorne
Merrimack Arms
Merveilleux — Repeating Pistol model
Merwin & Bray
Minneapolis Firearms Company — Protector model
Mohegan
Monarch
Monitor
Moore’s Patent Firearms Company — all derringers
Morai
Morgan & Clapp
Mountain Eagle
Napoleon
National
National Arms Co.
Nero
New York Pistol Co.
Nonpareil
North American Arms, (NAA) Mini-Series — all spur trigger models
Norwich Arms Co.
Norwich Falls Pistol Co.
Norwich Pistol Co.
Old Hickory
Osgood Gun Works
Paragon
Parole
Patriot
Peavey — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Penetrator
Phoenix Arms
Pickert — all folding trigger models
Pinafore
Pioneer
Pittson Arms Co.
Pointer
Praga — all folding trigger models
Prarie King
Premier
Prescott — all sheathed trigger models
Princess
Protector
Queen
R. J. Braveman Corporation — all pen gun models
Ranger
Raven Arms
Reck
Regnum — Repeating Pistol model
Reid — all sheathed trigger models
Remington — all sheathed trigger models
Retolaza — all revolvers
Retriever
Rigby — Knuckleduster and Stricker models
Rob Roy
Robin Hood
Rocky Mountain Arms Corp — all Mini-Revolver spur trigger models
Rodier, Louis C.
Rohm/RG Industries
Rollin White — all spur trigger models
Rome Revolver & Novelty Works
Rouchouse — French Squeezer model
Royal
Royal Small Arms Factory
Rupertus
Ryan Mfg. Co.
S.P. Cottrell and Son — all flashlight gun models
Sailors — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Scott Arms Co.
Scout
Senator
Shatuck — UNIQUE model
Sig Sauer — Mosquito only
Smith & Wesson — all spur trigger models
Smith, Otis
Smoker
Sneider, Charles E.
Southerner
Spy
Stafford, T. J.
Stallard Arms
Standard Arms
Standard Tool Co.
Stans Gunsmithing — all pen gun models
Stinger Manufacturer Corporation — all pen gun models
Sundance Industries
Swamp Angel
Taylor, L. B.
Terrier
Terror
Terry, J. C.
Thomas J. Ryan
Tiger
Tower's Police Safety
Tramp's Terror
True Blue
Turner & Ross
Two Unwin & Rodgers — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Tycoon
U.M.C. Arms Co.
U.S. Arms Co.
Uhlinger, W.L.& Co.
Uhlinger, William P.
Union
Union Jack
Union Revolver
Unique
United States Small Arms Company — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Unwin & Rodgers of Sheffield — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Veiled Prophets
Veteran
Veto
Victor
Victoria
Waffen-Glaser — all pen gun models
Walther — P22 only
Webber Pistol — Squeezer model
Wesson & Harrington
Wesson Frank — Large Frame Superposed pistol
Wesson, Frank
Western Arms Co.
White Jacket
White Star
Whitney Arms Co.
Wide Awake
Wilhelm Decker
William and John Rigby — Striking Weapon Pistol model
William Irving
William W. Marston — all knife guns or guns with knife attachments
Winfield Arms Co. — all spur trigger models
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