IL Firearm Transportation Laws

[Don Gwinn]

I've used 'em for years, and dad and I have both kept a few in our vehicles for "emergencies."

On the other hand, they're just light cloth. I can imagine some officer deciding that he'd rather run you in just to be safe; you could probably fire a loaded gun through one of those without removing it.

Under the letter of the law, though, they're legal. They are designed to hold firearms and they completely enclose the firearm. That satisfies both statutes. The question might be how much it will cost you to prove it.

 

[ilbob]

Under the letter of the law, though, they're legal. They are designed to hold firearms and they completely enclose the firearm. That satisfies both statutes. The question might be how much it will cost you to prove it.

And keep in mind that this is Illinois. The courts just do not care much if you are legal or not. You may well get roughed up, arrested, booked, charged, and jailed for some period of time before you can arrange to get out. Then you will spend a ton of money on legal expenses to prove that you committed no crime. You will almost certainly have no recourse even if you eventually "win" your case.

If you object to being falsely arrested, you will probably be charged with resisting. That charge may well stick.

In any case, once you are in the system, every time a cop runs your plates or your name the fact that you were falsely arrested won't show up. What the cop will assume is you beat the rap some how, and you will be treated the same way a violent felon would be treated. Its a bad system, but its the way it is in this pathetic state.

I would also caution you that it would not surprise me if the strings that secure a gun case might just get snipped off somewhere along the line, making you into an instant criminal, if you chose a case that secured with strings.

 

[Autolycus]

Originally posted by ilbob: I would also caution you that it would not surprise me if the strings that secure a gun case might just get snipped off somewhere along the line, making you into an instant criminal, if you chose a case that secured with strings.

Can you elaborate on this part?

 

[ilbob]

I would also caution you that it would not surprise me if the strings that secure a gun case might just get snipped off somewhere along the line, making you into an instant criminal, if you chose a case that secured with strings.

Can you elaborate on this part?

There are certain parts of the state where it is not unheard of for evidence to be fabricated to support a weak or non-existent case. It would not be all that hard to snip the strings off a gun case secured with strings to support a contention that the gun was not securely encased.

You have to remember that once you are in the system in certain areas, the only thing that matters to the system is doing whatever it has to do to convict you.