Illinois CCL for non-residents?

[ScouT6a]

Here is my question to, and subsequent reply from, the ISP.

TOPIC - QUESTION
Other Inquiry -
I am a resident of Indiana. I have a LTCH (License to Carry a Hangun)
issued to me by the Indiana State Police. Is it legal for a non-resident such as myself,
who exempted from the FOID requirement due to my non-resident status, to
carry a non-loaded hangun in a case or container in Illinois?


​In order to comply with the Criminal Code, the Wildlife Code, and the
Firearm Owner?s Identification Act, when transporting a firearm, it must
be:
1. broken down in a non-functioning state; or
2. not immediately accessible; or
3. unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping
box, or other container.

The Illinois State Police is prohibited from offering Legal advice.

Respectfully,
Illinois State Police
Firearms Services Bureau
Concealed Carry Unit

From IL law:
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.*

Obviously, whoever responded to your question from the ISP, isn't familiar with state law.

 

[rosejm]

I don't think everyone's reading the statue and Il.S.P.'s response the right way...

Yes, you can carry a firearm IN YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE as a properly licensed IN resident while traveling to or through IL.
Once you exit the personal vehicle, you are no longer allowed to carry said firearm in a 'functional' status, and it must either remain secured in the vehicle or disassembled/unloaded in a case/container while not in your personal vehicle.

Not sure what's so hard about this. IL does not want us Hoosiers carrying loaded firearms. They've got enough problems from all our guns making over the border as it is.

 

[ScouT6a]

2. not immediately accessible; or

Doesn't explain this.......

If you claim they are not talking about carrying in your vehicle.

 

[t-squared]

I understand the part about now being able to carry loaded/functional in my vehicle....and the part about having to leave it in the vehicle if I exit it. In the blog referenced earlier, the author stated that the Ill. Supreme Court ruled that a non-resident with an out of state CCP can legally container or "fannypack" carry. I was simply looking for clarification from someplace other than the internet...