I'm flying into ORD next week to visit family a state or two over.
My plan: check a pistol, pick it up when I land, load up and holster when I get my rental car, and don't stop again until I'm in Indiana.
The following week, I drive back to ORD, unload it and lock it up when I turn in the car, check my luggage, and go home.
I've got a Colorado CFL.
As I understand IL's rules on car carry, I'm good as long as I don't get out of the car with the pistol on me and I don't just leave it sitting out in the car if I do...right?
The second question: I pretty much always carry a knife, a ZT folder and/or a small fixed blade (ESEE 3 or Izula). How does that fit into my plan and state law there?
(There's a bunch of people I'd love to buy some beer for after the last "Dumb Coloradan needs help with Illinois" thread I posted here, but my travel times are just really screwy this time.)
While I'm at it...I need to end up in SW MI. Is the Skyway and the Indiana Toll Road that much better than just taking 94 all the way? It's been 20 years since the last time I had to deal with either.