Chicago, IL carry?

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Chicago, IL carry?

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We will be traveling soon and will drive through Chicago on one leg of the trip. I will be checking handgunlaw.us of course, but I was wondering if anyone knows about traveling on the highway through the city itself. Does the firearm need to get locked up?

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For the state of IL, as long as you have a license/permit from another state, you can have a loaded firearm in your vehicle. It can not be taken out of the vehicle and carried on your person, unless you unload it, and put it in a case for transport. Now as far as Chicago goes, they march to the beat of a different drummer, but state law does give you that option.
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And, IL has firearm law preemption, so in theory that helps protect you - in theory.

Oh, and I seem to recall someone telling me laser sights are banned in Chicago, so keep that in mind as well.
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- Officer on scene;
" Is that a laser that I see there on your handgun?"
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Unrelated, but if you can avoid Chicago proper you’ll probably be better off. The traffic tends to be a bit atrocious during the week.

On topic, you can carry in your vehicle but laser sights and similar are banned. If you want to take it out of your vehicle it has to be unloaded and ammo separate from the weapon. Last I checked, a suitcase or backpack does not count as a case.

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In the way that we hope to teach new concealed carry folks to NOT to go hike the city park in gangland territory now just because they pack heat, so shall we teach folks NOT to go to Chicago (or Philly, DC, NYC, etc) even if they have some manner of preemption or affirmative defense.

If you expect the Govt & Police in Chicago to be pro gun, you’ve picked the wrong conclusion. If you want to carry a concealed handgun in Chicago, LEOSA is really what you want to have. Relying on other legal defense is akin to entering a Bullseye competition with a Jimenez .25 ACP.
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TJW815 wrote:Unrelated, but if you can avoid Chicago proper you’ll probably be better off. The traffic tends to be a bit atrocious during the week.
If, by "a bit", you mean it's utterly horrendous and you could walk faster than most cars are moving, then...yes. :wink:
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Sevens wrote:If you expect the Govt & Police in Chicago to be pro gun, you’ve picked the wrong conclusion.
If you expect them simply to not be criminals, you've picked the wrong conclusion.

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Just to be safe I would lock up my guns while driving through Chicago. Better that than get hauled in by some un-informed LEO. :roll:
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