Oct
8
2009
Illinois Gun Owners win big: IL Supreme Court says glove box is a case.
Ill. high court rules built-in storage boxes legal for carrying guns in cars
(AP) - 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. Read the opinion (pdf).
The ruling was prompted by a Peoria case in which a man had been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for carrying two pistols in his car’s storage compartment.
