Posted: 1/4/2005 8:40:35 PM EDT
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I'm going to Chicago tommorow to pick up a plane for a ferry flight. I'll be flying it west over the Rockies and I'd like to bring a gun. Getting it in my checked baggage on the commercial flight out is no problem. I'll follow the rules. But will i be arrested when i step off the plane at O'hare? From what i can tell guns are restisted, but legal (non residents dont need a FOID card) in Illinois. But pretty much prohibited in that cess pool Chicago. Hopefully i wouln't be there for more than a few hours. Ben, The_Emu |
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Last time I flew with guns through Ohare, security behaved like a bunch of assholes but didn't do anything beyond irritatingly escorting me around to make sure I didn't jump on the conveyor belt, rip my suitcase open, and go out in a blaze of glory. But that was 1994. I have no idea what the idiots are like now. Good luck, and *bump*. |
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You'll be fine. Keep it packed, unloaded as if you were (and are) traveling through Chicago. ETA: Chicago's ordinance doesn't "per se" ban handguns. The way it's worded, requires all guns to be registered, and then explains what guns "can't" be registered. library7.municode.com/gateway.dll/IL/illinois/6946/7366?fn=document-frameset.htm$f=templates$3.0 8-20-040 Registration of firearms. (a) All firearms in the City of Chicago shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. It shall be the duty of a person owning or possessing a firearm to cause such firearm to be registered. No person shall within the City of Chicago, possess, harbor, have under his control, transfer, offer for sale, sell, give, deliver, or accept any firearm unless such person is the holder of a valid registration certificate for such firearm. No person shall, within the City of Chicago, possess, harbor, have under his control, transfer, offer for sale, sell, give, deliver, or accept any firearm which is unregisterable under the provisions of this chapter. (b) This section shall not apply to: (1) Firearms owned or under the direct control or custody of any federal, state or local governmental authority maintained in the course of its official duties; (2) Duty-related firearms owned and possessed by peace officers who are not residents of the City of Chicago; (3) Duty-related firearms owned or possessed by corrections officers; provided, that such corrections officers are not residents of the City of Chicago; (4) Firearms owned, manufactured or processed by licensed manufacturers of firearms, bulk transporters or licensed sellers of firearms at wholesale or retail, provided that such persons have, in addition to any other license required by law, a valid deadly weapons dealer license issued under Chapter 4-144 of this Code; (5) Any nonresident of the City of Chicago participating in any lawful recreational firearm-related activity in the city, or on his way to or from such activity in another jurisdiction; provided, that such weapon shall be unloaded and securely wrapped and that his possession or control of such firearm is lawful in the jurisdiction in which he resides; (6) Peace officers, while in the course of their official duties, who possess and control any firearm or ammunition issued by their department, bureau or agency in the normal course of business; (7) Private security personnel who possess or control any firearm or ammunition within the City of Chicago; provided, that such firearms shall be owned and maintained by the security firm employing such personnel and shall be registered by the security firm in accordance with this chapter; (8) Those persons summoned by a peace officer to assist in making an arrest or preserving the peace while actually engaged in assisting the peace officer. (Prior code § 11.1-2; Amend Coun. J. 7-7-92, p. 19196) 8-20-050 Unregisterable firearms. No registration certificate shall be issued for any of the following types of firearms: (a) Sawed-off shotgun, machine gun, or short-barreled rifle; (b) Firearms other than handguns, owned or possessed by any person in the City of Chicago prior to the effective date of this chapter which are not validly registered prior to the effective date of this chapter; (c) Handguns, except: (1) Those validly registered to a current owner in the City of Chicago prior to the effective date of this chapter, and which contain each of the following: (i) A safety mechanism to hinder the use of the handgun by unauthorized users. Such devices shall include, but shall not be limited to, trigger locks, combination handle locks, and solenoid use-limitation devices; and (ii) A load indicator device that provides reasonable warning to potential users such that even users unfamiliar with the weapon would be forewarned and would understand the nature of the warning; (2) Those owned by peace officers who are residents of the City of Chicago, (3) Those owned by security personnel, (4) Those owned by private detective agencies licensed under Chapter 111.2601, et seq., Illinois Revised Statutes; (d) Firearm muffler or silencer; (e) Assault weapons, as defined in Section 8-20-030, unless they are owned by a person who is entitled to own them under Section 8-24-025. Any person who receives through inheritance any firearm validly registered pursuant to this chapter will be eligible to reregister such firearm within 60 days after obtaining possession or title, provided such person shall be qualified to do so in accordance with this chapter. (Prior code § 11.1-3; Amend Coun. J. 7-7-92, p. 19196; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-97, p. 38729) |