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Ill. court OKs storing guns in car consoles
Associated Press
October 08, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Supreme Court says gun owners can carry weapons in the ordinary storage boxes built into their cars.
The question was whether a compartment for items like CDs and sunglasses also meets the legal definition of a “case” for carrying guns. Illinois law lets people carry guns in their cars so long as they are stored in a case or other container.
The court ruled Thursday that a car’s storage box is good enough.
The ruling was prompted by a Peoria case in which a man had been sentenced to 2 years in prison for carrying two pistols in his car’s storage compartment.
Ill. court OKs storing guns in car consoles
Associated Press
October 08, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Supreme Court says gun owners can carry weapons in the ordinary storage boxes built into their cars.
The question was whether a compartment for items like CDs and sunglasses also meets the legal definition of a “case” for carrying guns. Illinois law lets people carry guns in their cars so long as they are stored in a case or other container.
The court ruled Thursday that a car’s storage box is good enough.
The ruling was prompted by a Peoria case in which a man had been sentenced to 2 years in prison for carrying two pistols in his car’s storage compartment.
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