This is a discussion on Headed to Illinois... within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; My son graduates from Navy basic training on Friday, so we're leaving for Chicago on Thursday morning. I'm obviously looking forward to seeing him, but ...
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My son graduates from Navy basic training on Friday, so we're leaving for Chicago on Thursday morning. I'm obviously looking forward to seeing him, but it's going to be VERY different for me to be unarmed for a few days.I understand that NO concealed or open carry is allowed there, other than hunting.
It really makes me appreciate the freedom we have here in AZ.
Last edited by BillR; March 19th, 2008 at 06:38 PM.
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Originally Posted by Dal1Celt
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Yep, you are correct, NOTHING is allowed unless you have the almighty FOID card. You can't even purchase ammo or look a gun without it. IL is horrible, I was born and raised there, just west of Chicago. I swear the population ofin IL alone rival the rest of the US, combined. It's really sad. Not their fault they've been conditioned, by the morons they elected.
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Many congratulations on your son's accomplishments!
"Let me control the textbooks, and I will control the state." - Adolf Hitler
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You probably couldn't carry on the base anyway.
If you're driving, happiness will be having Illinois in your rear view mirror.
All the best to your son. Just enduring Great Lakes in the winter impresses me.
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An unarmed populace are called subjects.
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Thanks; we're FLYING out of Phoenix tomorrow morning.You probably couldn't carry on the base anyway.
If you're driving, happiness will be having Illinois in your rear view mirror.
All the best to your son. Just enduring Great Lakes in the winter impresses me.
My son DID say it got a bit chilly at times. (-24 one day!)
My wife wants to drive out to Michigan for a reunion this summer sometime, and I told her we're going AROUND Illinois.
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Agree with your assessment of the Illinois landscape. Personal safety (right to keep and bare arms) is a right outlined in the Bill of Rights (gee are we having a discussion in the Supreme Court about this very subject!) The great state of Illinois chooses to ignore this fact and consequently; you'll feel unprotected during your visit. Understand that Great Lakes Naval Training Center is a federal installation and you wouldn't be able to carry there either. BG's don't frequent federal installations :-). I am FROM Illinois and after 30 years in the military, I presently reside in gun friendly Georgia! I only travel to Illinois when I have to...in-laws still live there. All states between GA & IL are gun friendly and honor GA ccw license. Congratulations to your son for his service. Hooah-Go Army...beat Navy!
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I understand I wouldn't have been able to carry on the facility. I was more concerned about the other 2 days I'll be spending in the Windy City.
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Congratulations to your son.
What's he going to be doing?
No, you're not getting to CCW in Cubby land.
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I did basic there during the winter of '92.....COLD, especially for a Louisiana boy. A son of Arizona probley fared as well as I did.You probably couldn't carry on the base anyway.
If you're driving, happiness will be having Illinois in your rear view mirror.
All the best to your son. Just enduring Great Lakes in the winter impresses me.
Bravo Zulu on your son, and to you for making the trip to share in his accomplishment!
Too bad about Illannoy and no carrying. Keep your head on a swivel and enjoy the trip.
"Just getting a concealed carry permit means you haven't commited a crime yet. CCP holders commit crimes." Daniel Vice, senior attorney for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, quoted on Fox & Friends, 8 Jul, 2008
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He'll be in aviation, airframe structural. Hydralics, welding, metal fab, that type of stuff.
Yeah, I'm real proud of him. He also qualified marksman with the M9!
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I wouldn't miss this for anything!
We live at 7000 ft, so he's used to cold weather in the winter. He wrote a few weeks ago that it hit -24 one day.
He's off to Virginia Beach in a week or so.
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Please thank your son for his service.
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If he's used to high desert, he'll be more bothered by the summer humidity in Va Beach than by Chicago's cold winters. I spent 7 of my 20 years in the Navy there, and the humidity is one thing I DON'T miss! Congrats to your son.I wouldn't miss this for anything!
We live at 7000 ft, so he's used to cold weather in the winter. He wrote a few weeks ago that it hit -24 one day.
He's off to Virginia Beach in a week or so.
If you don't plan on stopping for more than gas and food for the Illinois leg of your Michigan trip, you can carry your gun unloaded and inaccessible under the Federal Fireowners Protection Act (FOPA) law.
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Do not take a handgun to Chicago!!!
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Nope, won't happen. I have no desire to:
1. Have any of my handguns taken away by the PRI
2. Be detained in Chicago any longer than my scheduled trip
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A FOID only allows you to own a handgun in the certain suburbs or areas that allow the owning of handguns. They are strictly forbidden to even own in one's home in the limits of the city of Chicago and many suburbs follow suit.
Yep, you are correct, NOTHING is allowed unless you have the almighty FOID card. You can't even purchase ammo or look a gun without it. IL is horrible, I was born and raised there, just west of Chicago. I swear the population of
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Many congratulations on your son's accomplishments!
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