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!
Well this is a good thing….
12 responses to “Well this is a good thing….”
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Can't be long, perhaps only a few decades, before Illinois rejoins the U.S.A.
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Or at least stops being a blue bastion in the heartland. Now we just need to get Wisconsin on board and I'm golden.
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Baby steps. Someday IL and WI will join the union.
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$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.
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This is a good thing to hear!
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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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Can't be long, perhaps only a few decades, before Illinois rejoins the U.S.A.
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Or at least stops being a blue bastion in the heartland. Now we just need to get Wisconsin on board and I'm golden.
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Baby steps. Someday IL and WI will join the union.
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$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.
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This is a good thing to hear!
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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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