Gotta go to the VA in Marion IL. It will be a turnaround trip. Drive there, do my biz, drive back home. Is there any legal way I can take my carry gun along?
Locked unloaded in your trunk.
I hate the fact I live so close to Illinois
I hate it that they are even a part of Our Country
Locked unloaded in your trunk.
I hate the fact I live so close to Illinois
Forget the carry gun remember it's the Communistic Republic of Illinois, take a carbine with a 16 inch barrel!
Sec. 24‑1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly:
(4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed
on or about his person except when on his land or in his own abode or fixed place of business any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
(i) are broken down in a non‑functioning state; or
(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case,
firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card; or
Since you aren't an IL resident, you can't get a FOID card. Therefore, your pistol must meet condition (i) or (ii)
There's plenty of case law on that, so if the slide is removed, and/or you have it in a locked trunk, you're good to go. Doesn't do you much good in either case, but that's IL for ya.
It really sucks for the folks down in the Southern part of the state. Lots of hunters and outdoorsmen, yet they they have to live with the draconian laws set by the bleeding heart elitist bloodsucking socialists in Chicago.
Come on now. Don't sugar coat it for me. Tell me what you really think!