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Traveling with your CCW across state lines

I have a CCW for KS but will be traveling from Kansas to South Carolina soon, I recognize that Illinois does not recognize my CCW..... how do you guys handle the situation going across state lines, especially those that don't recognize your CCW? Is it legal to holster the weapon in plain view in your car as you travel through this no go CCW states? Any help appreciated. What about carrying a rifle or shotgun in a case across state lines? My Son is staying in what he calls a "sketchy" area in South Carolina now and want me to bring a gun for him, he does not have a CCW, but is 21 years old.
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I can't tell you the legal issues (very complicated). But, it is a very good idea not to have any issues when traveling. Even if you are "legal," they can make it very expensive if you are arrested.
Good idea:
1) Don't let the police see the weapon,
2) Keep it in the trunk, unloaded and locked,
3) go around Illinois if you can.
Jerry
Nope...it must be unloaded and in a case/container in an area not accessible to the driver...ammunition may not be in the same container. also,if you have keep your registration/proof of insurance in the glove compartment and open it in front of an officer, it may serve to escalate the situation in a bad way.
Illinois...If you have an out of state permit you may keep it with you loaded in the passenger compartment as you pass through the state...but you may not, under any circumstances, have it on you if you get out of the vehicle...not even while you are pumping gas...
430 ILCS 66/40
(e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a non-resident from transporting a concealed firearm within his or her
vehicle in Illinois, if the concealed firearm remains within his or her vehicle and the non-resident:
(1) is not prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under federal law;
(2) is eligible to carry a firearm in public under the laws of his or her state or territory of residence, as
evidenced by the possession of a concealed carry license or permit issued by his or her state of
residence, if applicable; and
(3) is not in possession of a license under this Act. If the non-resident leaves his or her vehicle
unattended, he or she shall store the firearm within a locked vehicle or locked container within the vehicle in
accordance with subsection (b) of Section 65 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
Do not assume this law applies in Chicago...they have their own rules there.
Best bet...check for reciprocity and gun laws for every state you are traveling through. There are (no kidding) places that consider a loaded magazine a concealed weapon...
http://www.handgunlaw.us/
at the last road with an on off ramp before entering the offensive state.
A little caution only takes a little effort.
Transporting a long gun can be sticky. I'd just lock it unloaded in a case and store it in the trunk/way back.
As to taking him a gun, SC has no private sale crap so a long gun is completely legal to give him. Now a handgun in an interstate transfer needs the FFL thing.
- George Orwell
Drive there, take him shopping.
Which is all fine and dandy until you are in a state which requires you notify the officer that you are armed...and makes it a crime if you are and don't...
What I quoted in the earlier post is a Federal statute that is "supposed" to allow you to transport firearms legally anywhere in the U.S....that being said - there have been problems in certain liberal enclaves around the country...
You can't be forced to admit to a crime. So it follows that if you're required to notify if you're carrying a gun, therefore carrying a gun in that state isn't a crime.
Unless you don't have a permit or the permit you have isn't recognized by that state
If I was breaking the law, which I don't intend to do, I wouldn't tell the officer I had a firearm. I come from a state where you don't ask, and I suspect states where you're required to tell, the information is already on your tag information. Also, since an automobile is like a house, (with a "mobility" exception) without probable cause or permission, a LEO can't search.
In some heathenish states like CT, for example, the gun must be in the trunk and separate from the ammunition. But not in most. In NJ, it's a dicey thing to carry a weapon. Thank you Chris Christy.
Maybe you should leave the guns at home and just fly to SC. As someone else suggested, when you get there, take your son gun shopping. Compare that cost to the cost of an arrest, even if you get off, in some state between home and SC. Not worth it.
Marines look dangerous all the time.
Jerry
Can't mail a handgun by USPS. You can mail a long gun, though.