3 in custody after assault-style rifle found in vehicle leaving O’Hare

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 10/07/2017, 07:20pm | Matthew Hendrickson

[SJackson]

Read the footnote on the first words in the link:

As long as you have a FOID* card, you can have your gun in your car, in the passenger compartment, with the ammunition at the ready.

*FOID cards are not required for non-residents.

Yes, if your point is that that * is misleading, I'd agree. It doesn't mean you're exempt from the laws of Illinois.

I'm not a lawyer, and certainly can't give legal advice. I am an Illinois resident who spends nearly half his time in WI and has had an FOID since within a year of it's inception, when LBJ was President and BLM's predecessors were far more active in the street.

Don't want to argue, but non residents aren't exempted from Illinois gun laws by virtue of being non-residents.

I'd advise a non resident to, after contacting an attorney of course, to keep his firearm unloaded, in the trunk or far out of reach in an SUV or Van.

Locked case, even better, because in Illinois prosecution will be the decision of local, where you commited the "crime", law enforcement. An anti gun prosecutor, oh well.

As I noted, not meant to argue, just don't want others to take unnecessary chances.

Disclosure, when I travel, I don't consider the risk to be conviction, rather arrest. Don't wish to demean Illinois' liberal prosecutors, but there are things that would be passed over downstate that in liberal jurisdictations, a slap on the rist after $20m in legal fees to the gunowner would be considered a victory.

Also, don't mean to relate what I've said to this case, if the article is correct he appears to be in violation of Cook County and Chicago ordinances, possibly State violations which will be an afterthought. I hope he has a good lawyer, all gunowners should have coverage for legal fees in circumstances like this.

[Noumenon]

In my case, about 45 minutes. But it may vary with the cooker. Mine’s an older T-Fal. I’m also at 2400 ft altitude.