So according to the IL State Police (from what I've read), if you're an IN resident, carry in a vehicle is legal so long as you have your LTCH on you. If you leave the vehicle, you have to disarm and store it in there. Is this accurate? Anyone here carry in their car in IL and have experience doing this often?
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Carry in car in Illinois with Ltch
Just became an Indiana resident and still work in Chicago. I saw online that you can carry in your car only while traveling through Illinois. All the concealed carry reciprocity sites say no carry at all, but when you look it up there’s part of the Illinois statute that says you can carry in the...
Not sure if the wording is the same now, but when Illinois was forced into the whole permit thing, it actually said if you exit the vehicle and stay within an arms length(keeping one hand on the vehicle) you were legal with your ltch. They needed to make an allowance to store the firearm in the the trunk. I’m ashamed to say I was born in Illinois. I do everything I can to avoid that state.
I think its the curtilege around your car is how the law reads if I remember correctly, and I think that applies to storing it in the vehicle, for example, walking to the back and opening the trunk. Not sure thats the same thing as getting out and filling your vehicle up with gas. Just sayin.
Just going by what a trusted friend that teaches Illinois CCW told me and I did read sinething but its been a few years.
And not to get off topic just a past observation. Aside from the FOID card requirement llinois was more gun friendly than Indiana use to be in one reguard. You could legally carry a gun unloaded in a car beforw the prwmit days where Indiana you had to have a LTCH to be "legal" Not that anyone enforced it much.
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SwikLS is the closest, but not quite right on the wording.
Here is the section of law that allows you to have it loaded in your vehicle. Notice it states if it remains in the vehicle.
(430 ILCS 66/40)
(e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a non-resident from transporting a concealed firearm within his or her vehicle in Illinois, if the concealed firearm remains within his or her vehicle and the non-resident:
(1) is not prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under federal law;
(2) is eligible to carry a firearm in public under the laws of his or her state or territory of residence, as evidenced by the possession of a concealed carry license or permit issued by his or her state of residence, if applicable; and
(3) is not in possession of a license under this Act.
If the non-resident leaves his or her vehicle unattended, he or she shall store the firearm within a locked vehicle or locked container within the vehicle in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 65 of this Act.
And this is what covers storing it in the trunk if you are leaving your vehicle. Notice it states you can carry it in the immediate area surrounding the vehicle only for the purpose of storing/retrieving it from the trunk.
(430 ILCS 66/65)
(b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection (a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case" includes a glove compartment or console that completely encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container.
