720 ILCS 5/2-15.5 : Rights and Remedies — Criminal Offenses — Criminal Code — Criminal Code of 2012 — General Provisions — General Definitions —15.5 - "Personally discharged a firearm" TEXT PDF A person is considered to have "personally discharged a firearm" when he or she, while armed with a firearm, knowingly and intentionally fires a firearm causing the ammunition projectile to be forcefully expelled from the firearm. 720 ILCS 5/2-15.5 P.A. 91-404, eff. 1/1/2000.