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THORN74 · May 20, 2012, 08:00 AM

First I can only comment on IL law .... the gun must be unloaded, and fully enclosed in a container. The ammo CAN be in the same container, but not in the gun. Usually I travel with my 1911 and 8 fully loaded mags in a hand gun case. This is perfectly leagle, as the mags are not in the gun. As for not immediately access able.... that is covered by the enclosed case, recent court decisions here have said the glove box or center console would even be considered a enclosed container.

We just took a cross country road trip to Vegas from chicago, had that same 1911 and mags under the passanger seat. Only had to load it the 2 times we crashed overnight at a truckstop. Only got stopped once at a checkpoint (to see the grand canyon), they asked if we had any weapons, I answered no of course, no reason for them to know .... no one ever checked.

IMHO bring ur weapon, keep it unloaded but the ammo close and don't draw attention to ur self. Be safe.

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May 20, 2012, 08:00 AM	#12
THORN74 Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2010 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Posts: 543	First I can only comment on IL law .... the gun must be unloaded, and fully enclosed in a container. The ammo CAN be in the same container, but not in the gun. Usually I travel with my 1911 and 8 fully loaded mags in a hand gun case. This is perfectly leagle, as the mags are not in the gun. As for not immediately access able.... that is covered by the enclosed case, recent court decisions here have said the glove box or center console would even be considered a enclosed container. We just took a cross country road trip to Vegas from chicago, had that same 1911 and mags under the passanger seat. Only had to load it the 2 times we crashed overnight at a truckstop. Only got stopped once at a checkpoint (to see the grand canyon), they asked if we had any weapons, I answered no of course, no reason for them to know .... no one ever checked. IMHO bring ur weapon, keep it unloaded but the ammo close and don't draw attention to ur self. Be safe. Sent from my GT-P7510 using Tapatalk 2 Last edited by Tom Servo; May 20, 2012 at 09:25 AM.