With a Concealed Carry License (CCL) you can have a firearm in your vehicle locked, loaded and ready to go. You can have it on you in a holster, concealed or open. You could have it sitting on the seat next to you, or even under the seat.
Yes. A license is not needed for anyone legally entitled to carry a firearm to carry a pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser or other firearm on the person's land, or in their own home, fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission.
Who needs a FOID Card? Unless specifically exempted by statute, any Illinois resident who acquires or possesses firearms, firearm ammunition, tasers or stun guns within the State must have in their possession a valid FOID Card issued in his or her name.
Unless specifically exempted by statute, any Illinois resident who acquires or possesses firearms or firearm ammunition within the state must have in their possession a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card issued in his or her name.
If you have no FOID card and the weapon is loaded with ammunition the special penalty for this Class 4 felony is a one to three-year prison sentence (three to six years if an extended sentence) with probation impossible and up to a $25,000 fine no matter what your criminal background.
Unless specifically exempted by statute, any Illinois resident who acquires or possesses firearms or firearm ammunition within the state must have in their possession a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card issued in his or her name.
With a Concealed Carry License (CCL) you can have a firearm in your vehicle locked, loaded and ready to go. You can have it on you in a holster, concealed or open. You could have it sitting on the seat next to you, or even under the seat.
If you have no FOID card and the weapon is loaded with ammunition the special penalty for this Class 4 felony is a one to three-year prison sentence (three to six years if an extended sentence) with probation impossible and up to a $25,000 fine no matter what your criminal background.