Car carry only. Start here: http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?117776-Visiting-from-FloridaI have a CCL here in Florida. I was wondering if I now can carry legally with my FL. CCL?
10X - check out the FAQs on the state polce website here:
http://www.isp.state.il.us/foid/firearmsfaq.cfm
I have a CCL here in Florida. I was wondering if I now can carry legally with my FL. CCL?
I think that the only way you can carry is to lock up your gun in a container (w/o ammo) in the trunk of your car and carry the entire car around.
But there are counties that will not arrest a CC-er and would not arrest them even prior to the new law being passed. Some DAs think that carry is a right and not subject to a vote.
Crook county is not one of them
If you go to www.isp.state.il.us and go to the firearms tab on the left and click on How To Transport a Firearm it will tell you. You can transport broken down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately accessible. or #3 option unloaded, and encased.
OMG the Ill State police have not updated their web site! Why dose everyone keep putting up links to it?
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/98/PDF/098-0063.pdf
These links are the most pertinent.
There is a separate FAQ on concealed carry. It is at:
http://www.isp.state.il.us/firearms/ccw/ccw-faq.cfm
See the FAQ below.
So I can CC while in my vehicle with my FL CCL?
Ignoring the grammar issue. You, as a FL resident with a FL permit, may carry a loaded concealed handgun in your vehicle in IL. You cannot, however, possess a loaded handgun outside the vehicle. Outside the vehicle the handgun must be unloaded and in an enclosed case/container, e.g. a fanny pack with a zipper or Velcro fastener.
Say you are exercising this "privilege" (which is actually a right they generously chose to stop infringing) as an out of stater, and have your "traveling companion" on under a jacket (say)... and you are pulled over by a stalwart of Illinois' Finest.
First off I imagine you would have to notify him that you are "packing."
He then orders you to exit your vehicle for whatever reason.
You cannot do so without breaking the law. What happens then?
IANAL, however, AFAIK most states have specific statutes and policies dealing with duress and compulsion. Basically, for crimes where the threat of force or harm against the accused are greater than the harm caused by the crime, usually misdemeanors(stealing property because you or someone you love is being held hostage and you've been ordered by the hostage taker to steal the property, but not committing murder to avoid what you believe would be harm to you or someone you care about) you should be legally okay. Keeping in mind that verbal commands are generally considered the second level or force used by LEO's on the force continuum, were you to be ordered by an officer to commit a crime where the harm(getting out of a the vehicle with a loaded firearm) is likely to be less harmful than not doing so(resulting in you being violently cuffed and stuffed, held at gunpoint, potentially assaulted, or even killed at the hand of a trigger happy/poorly trained/unfit LEO) you would still face the possibility of being arrested. However, duress/compulsion would likely be an acceptable defense, but that could be up to the judge/jury to decide.
Potentially, a good civil rights attorney might actually look to advance his career and gain good name recognition from winning such a case.
So I can CC while in my vehicle with my FL CCL?
Ignoring the grammar issue. You, as a FL resident with a FL permit, may carry a loaded concealed handgun in your vehicle in IL. You cannot, however, possess a loaded handgun outside the vehicle. Outside the vehicle the handgun must be unloaded and in an enclosed case/container, e.g. a fanny pack with a zipper or Velcro fastener.
Avoid Illinois at all costs. Obviously, a full tank of gas is required, and do a potty break before entering Illinois. I do. I transit only and set the cruise control to one MPH below the posted. MO or KY, back in the land of liberty. The PRI is not a place to be caught with a pistola, not even a hunting long arm, in my view. Yep, I gottem in the truck, but I don't stop or speed. 175 miles of "no man's land" between STL and Paducah.
+1. Illinois is about on par with the states on the North Eastern seaboard. (Excluding Vermont)
Also beware some municipalities have magazine restrictions limiting all magazines to 10 rounds. Thankfully there is now a state-wide preemption as part of the IL CCW laws (effective July 2013) that precludes further enactment of magazine limitations, but the old statues do still have power of law.
Safe Travels.
My understanding was different--that all pistol mag restrictions are gone, but long gun restrictions prior to the new law (and passed very shortly thereafter) remain in place.
handgunlaw.us said:Section 90. Preemption.
The regulation, licensing, possession, registration, and transportation of concealed handguns and ammunition for concealed handguns by licensees are exclusive powers and functions of the State. Any ordinance or regulation, or portion thereof, enacted on or before the effective date of this Act that purports to impose regulations or restrictions on licensees or concealed handguns and ammunition for concealed handguns in a manner inconsistent with this Act shall be invalid in its application to licensees under this Act on the effective date of this Act. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
Note: All local restrictions on Handguns are null and void. Local Governments can keep their restrictions on long guns and magazine bans for long guns.