Illinois is a shall-issue state,
meaning that Illinois State Police must issue a concealed carry license if the
applicant meets certain qualifications. However, Illinois differs from other
states in that it still gives law enforcement the right to object to a
concealed carry license being issued if they think the applicant is a danger to
public safety or himself/herself. If the police do object, then the case is
heard by the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board, who will make the final
decision as to whether or not a license is issued. The applicant is notified by
mail of the Board’s decision. There is an appeal process.
Open carry of a handgun on your person or in a vehicle is illegal. An Illinois Concealed Carry License (CCL) is required to concealed carry a firearm in Illinois.
Applicants must be 21 or older. The license permits the licensee to carry a loaded or unloaded handgun on or about the person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public or on or about a person within a vehicle.
A 16-hour firearms training course conducted by a state-approved instructor is required for all new concealed carry license applications. Non-resident licenses are only available for residents of Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas and Virginia. In terms of reciprocity, Illinois does not honor CCW licenses from any other state.
Illinois law requires residents to have a Firearm Owners
Identification Card (FOID) to possess a firearm or ammunition. FOID card
holders (without a CCL) can legally carry unloaded firearms that are enclosed
in a case. You must be 21 years old to apply or have a parent or guardian
sponsor who is eligible for a FOID card.
Use of Force in Defense of Other Property
A person is justified in the use of force when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent or terminate such other’s trespass on or other tortious or criminal interference with either real property (other than a dwelling) or personal property, lawfully in one’s possession or in the possession of another who is a member of his or her immediate family or household or of a person whose property one has a legal duty to protect.
However, a person is justified
in the use of deadly force only if he or she reasonably believes that
such force is necessary to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
Use of Force in Defense of Person
A person is justified in the use of force when
and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such conduct is
necessary to defend himself or another against such other’s imminent use of
unlawful force. However, he is justified in the use of deadly force only
if he reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent
death or great bodily harm to himself or another, or the commission of a
forcible felony.
Use of Force in Defense of Dwelling
A person is justified in the use of force when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent or terminate such other’s unlawful entry into or attack upon a dwelling. However, one is justified in the use of deadly force only if the entry is made or attempted in a violent, riotous or tumultuous manner, and he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent an assault upon, or offer of personal violence to, oneself or another then in the dwelling, or he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent the commission of a felony in the dwelling.
Liability
In no case shall any act involving the justified use of
force give rise to any claim or liability, unless the use of force involves
willful or wanton misconduct.
[720
Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/24-1, 5/7-2 & 5/7-3]
Self-Defense
Illinois is a Castle
Doctrine state. You are under no legal duty
to retreat if threatened; using deadly force is justified.
-USCCA
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