I wonder what he was doing out running around with a murder conviction against him? I thought guns were illegal in IL?
Not yet, but the IL Democrats are working on it.
Handguns are illegal for most private citizens in many political divisions of Chicagoland, but with a few local exceptions the rest of the state allows handguns for people who qualify for a firearms owner identity card.
IL is one of the very few remaining states that have no provision for issuing concealed weapon permits to a private citizen whether shall issue or conditional issue. As long as Cook county holds the lion's share of IL voters don't expect the situation to get anything but worse.