Ill. court OKs storing guns in car consolesIt may be a small victory, but even a 'small' victory is major in Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois Supreme Court says gun owners can carry weapons in the ordinary storage boxes built into their cars.
The question was whether a compartment for items like CDs and sunglasses also meets the legal definition of a "case" for carrying guns. Illinois law lets people carry guns in their cars so long as they are stored in a case or other container.
The court ruled Thursday that a car's storage box is good enough.
The ruling was prompted by a Peoria case in which a man had been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for carrying two pistols in his car's storage compartment.
The full decision.
3 comments:
If you have a FOID. Which out-of-staters can't get.
Am I mistaken or does ammo have to be kept separately from the weapon, or can it be kept in the same container in a clip or speedloader?
The ammo can be kept in the same "case or container," and it can be in a magazine or speedloader (but the loaded magazine can not be inside the firearm).
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