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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Well this is a good thing....
I have a bunch of relatives who live in Illinois and there have been a few times where I've gone over the border to an *oh crap* moment when I realized I hadn't taken my firearm out of my car leading to a quick stop, unloading, disassembling, and stashing the parts in different places in my vehicle. Today, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a person licensed to carry in another state may transport guns in Illinois without having to have a Illinois FOID card (full decision here). Further, it had ruled previously that a closed and latched center console met the definition of a case. So as long as I unload it, I can now keep my gun in my car as long as the console is closed and latched when I head over the border. This is a good thing since part of the reason I don't go very often is because of the disarming process. So yay!
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6 comments:
Can't be long, perhaps only a few decades, before Illinois rejoins the U.S.A.
Or at least stops being a blue bastion in the heartland. Now we just need to get Wisconsin on board and I'm golden.
Baby steps. Someday IL and WI will join the union.
$5 says that "center console" rule only applies to folks from out-of-state.
If _I_ try to do that, my next blog post will be from jail.
This is a good thing to hear!
TJ--we can only hope but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Atomic--actually the center console being defined as a case was found to be valid by the Illinois Supreme Court. Check out the Diggins case that was mentioned in the one linked above.
North--It sure is!
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