JackTripper

Indigo, to be strictly legal, do you believe that you would have to enter the bike trail from outside Chicago?

@Spec5, click the link and scroll down a bit.

Well, according to this map, the Chicago Park District claims just about the entirety of the lake front within the city limits. Only big exception is Navy Pier, and that is excluded as well. http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/search/

Thanks for the feedback, guys. The rules about carrying on the 'trail' confuse me, but my concern involves hanging out by the water.

Any one have any thoughts on lake front carry?

Am I right to think that pretty much the entire Chicago lakefront is off limits, since it is technically a park?

@Lou - That was ing golden.

Benson vs the City of Chicago http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Benson_v_Chicago_Complaint.pdf

Thanks! This is what my original question actually was. It is the main piece of the ordinance that makes it difficult for me to comply (as a practical matter). Well that and the 12 round limit I just hate to throw away 3 perfectly good 17 rounders, that come in the box. I will go lookup that case name, now.

Only if the 18 YO has a CFP: If more than one person in the home has a valid CFP and registration certificate, each person with a valid CFP and registration certificate is entitled to have one such firearm assembled and operable in the home.

Only if each person has a FOID/CFP. My wife does not have one (and won't get it).

I thought I remembered something about locks in Heller! Thanks for posting this. Should a DA seek to press charges, good luck making them stick, on this point.

My home is set up in such a way that I need 2 weapons. I suppose I would leave the operational pistol in my upstairs bedroom, and put a second pistol in my finished basement, with a combination cable lock. If I hear something while downstairs, I will be awake, watching TV or something, 99% of the time. Not being half asleep should improve my chances of removing the cable in an expeditious fashion.

I know that there are several lawsuits going on, but is there a specific legal challenge to this: 8-20-040 Firearms kept or maintained in a home. Subject to section 8-20-050, every person shall keep no more than one firearm in his home assembled and operable...... All other firearms kept or possessed by that person in his home shall be broken down in a nonfunctioning state or shall have a trigger lock or other mechanism, other than the firearm safety mechanism, designed to render the firearm temporarily inoperable. This is especially ballsy of Chicago, because it was specifically called out in the Heller decision, if I recall correctly. Also, can someone tell me what a "nonfunctioning state" is? Would a pulled magazine suffice?