Richard, that's true about tough illinois gun laws That is IF one takes into consideration and including Chicago gun law. The rest of the state isn't so strict, yes you must have an active FOID card, and register your guns, but trigger locks arnt mandatory nor is keeping them locked in a safe and storing ammunition separately isn't an issue either.

Interesting that down state illinois has very little gun crime. Cook county (Chicago) and St. Claire county (east St. Louis) are exceptions though. And that seems to be mostly gang related.

On 10/28/2014 11:48 AM, Tim wrote:

Richard, that's true about tough illinois gun laws That is IF one takes into consideration and including Chicago gun law. The rest of the state isn't so strict, yes you must have an active FOID card, and register your guns, but trigger locks arnt mandatory nor is keeping them locked in a safe and storing ammunition separately isn't an issue either.

Interesting that down state illinois has very little gun crime. Cook county (Chicago) and St. Claire county (east St. Louis) are exceptions though. And that seems to be mostly gang related.



So, your state gun laws differ and are less restrictive than local
Chicago laws or ordinances? Interesting.

Yes Richard t seems that way, contrary to some belief, in this manner , Cook county doesn't control the rest of the state. Illinois is mainly rural farm land which isn't affected by Cook county gun ordinances...thankfully.

I thought I'd ad that I live about 250 mi south of Chicago and approx 100 mi due east of St. Louis. Just 50 miles from the indiana border.

I'm in a small farming community. No wild hogs here but a lot of white tail deer.

To hunt deer there are a lot of restrictions that are highly enforced , but not hard to comply with.

On 10/28/14 12:19 PM, Tim wrote:
I thought I'd ad that I live about 250 mi south of Chicago and approx 100 mi due east of St. Louis. Just 50 miles from the indiana border.

I'm in a small farming community. No wild hogs here but a lot of white tail deer.

To hunt deer there are a lot of restrictions that are highly enforced , but not hard to comply with.


You just never know when a wild, marauding herd of deer will force their
way into your workshop and...

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Harry, it's illegal to hunt deer with a rifle in Illinois. Shotgun, black powder or bow. Though not mine, some counties have a pistol season. Ironically you can use any slug gun you want except for a .410. The reason being because a .410 is grandfathered in as a rifle caliber.

On 10/28/14 1:03 PM, Tim wrote:
Harry, it's illegal to hunt deer with a rifle in Illinois. Shotgun, black powder or bow. Though not mine, some counties have a pistol season. Ironically you can use any slug gun you want except for a .410. The reason being because a .410 is grandfathered in as a rifle caliber.


I was kidding, Tim. I wouldn't shoot a deer under any circumstances,
even the ones here that chomp on my wife's garden beds.

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