I was reading HB 2257 and I realized there was no mention of "concealed" being a requirement.
"...qualified to carry firearms on or about their persons..."-HB 2257 Section 5.
The bill simply establishes a system to determine persons eligible to acquire a "LTC" or "License To Carry". There is no mention of the requirement to conceal the firearm. I have always felt that concealed carry would invite charges for brandishing a weapon or something to that effect if your jacket fell open or the wind blew your shirt and exposed the weapon.
The bill also establishes a means for municipalities and businesses to post "No Carry Zones" by posting their property, yet does restrict them from prohibiting carry in ones vehicle on a parking area of that property.
I like this bill. No, I don't favor the municipalities being able to restrict carry, but it may be what is needed to get it passed. This creates the problem of plotting a driving route through Illinois so as to miss all the No Carry municipalities. I think after the leaders of those municipalities that would restrict carry see the resultant decrease in crime, they will change their minds or the voters will change them.
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