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Gunner
07-09-2022, 12:50
Has anyone flown from Denver to Chicago with a firearm and vise Versa? I?ll be flying there to see my sister for a week I was gonna bring my pistol with me just seeing if anybody has ever done that before and if Chicago gave you any hard times when you declared it to them.


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mb504
07-09-2022, 14:43
I wouldn't even want to have a changeover in Chicago, just in case something happened.

Oscar77
07-09-2022, 15:05
Going there (leaving Denver) noone would care. Just do the usual declaration.
I've not done Chicago/IL but FWIW coming back from California to DIA, noone cared either.

Gunner
07-09-2022, 15:10
I wouldn't even want to have a changeover in Chicago, just in case something happened.

I do not disagree. I make to inform her it?s a shithole.


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Great-Kazoo
07-09-2022, 23:37
Has anyone flown from Denver to Chicago with a firearm and vise Versa? I?ll be flying there to see my sister for a week I was gonna bring my pistol with me just seeing if anybody has ever done that before and if Chicago gave you any hard times when you declared it to them.


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Ill has no reciprocity with CO. While there's no issue flying with a firearm. Once in Ill who knows what may transpire. Go to the airlines website to see what they require, as well as tsa's. It's easier to check a firearm in, than board a plane with nail clippers

Aloha_Shooter
07-10-2022, 13:14
Your problem isn't flying to Chicago with a firearm. Your problem is LANDING in Chicago with a firearm. As Kazoo said, IL has no reciprocity with CO. IL -- and especially the city of Chicago -- does not recognize that you, as an individual citizen, have a right to said firearm unless they say you do, hence their Firearm Owners ID. Heller didn't get rid of their FOID.

copfish
07-12-2022, 08:52
I’ve flown PUB to ORD (and back) via United/SkyWest without issues, but I have an HR218 (http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/permits/understanding_hr_218.pdf) card, not a CO CHP. I just declare my unloaded firearm to the ticketing agent who has me sign the firearms declaration form, place it next to my locked case in my Non-TSA compliant Sampsonite hard sided locking suitcase and off we go…

Gunner
07-12-2022, 09:00
Your problem isn't flying to Chicago with a firearm. Your problem is LANDING in Chicago with a firearm. As Kazoo said, IL has no reciprocity with CO. IL -- and especially the city of Chicago -- does not recognize that you, as an individual citizen, have a right to said firearm unless they say you do, hence their Firearm Owners ID. Heller didn't get rid of their FOID.

Not worried about that with LEOSA


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Great-Kazoo
07-12-2022, 12:40
Not worried about that with LEOSA


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Then all you need to do is check it in at the ticket counter. They'll call tsa, who will move you to another area, log & check it in.

funkymonkey1111
07-13-2022, 11:41
Not worried about that with LEOSA


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then why did you ask?

CHA-LEE
07-13-2022, 20:20
I have flown into and out of Chicago at least 10 times over the years while attending USPSA matches. Each time hauling two high cap 2011 pistols and 300 - 600 rounds of ammo. You obviously have to follow the airline and TSA requiremnets of declaring your firearm. But pretty much ZERO fucks given by airlines or TSA entering or departing Chicago. Where it gets sketchy is after you leave the airport. Getting pulled over with a loaded firearm within reach without an IL CCW would be a free trip to Jail and lot of "Splainin" to do. I always transported my firearms unloaded and in the trunk out of reach when traveling in IL. I never got pulled over so I am not sure how that would go even with the unloaded firearms in the trunk.

Great-Kazoo
07-13-2022, 23:37
I have flown into and out of Chicago at least 10 times over the years while attending USPSA matches. Each time hauling two high cap 2011 pistols and 300 - 600 rounds of ammo. You obviously have to follow the airline and TSA requiremnets of declaring your firearm. But pretty much ZERO fucks given by airlines or TSA entering or departing Chicago. Where it gets sketchy is after you leave the airport. Getting pulled over with a loaded firearm within reach without an IL CCW would be a free trip to Jail and lot of "Splainin" to do. I always transported my firearms unloaded and in the trunk out of reach when traveling in IL. I never got pulled over so I am not sure how that would go even with the unloaded firearms in the trunk.

With a rental car, you are unable to not consent to a vehicle search.

CHA-LEE
07-14-2022, 18:14
I believe that its still within your 4th Amendment right to refuse consent to a vehicle search even if its a Rental Car. But we all know how inconsistently some LEO's adhere to the laws or honoring constitutional rights. In the heat of the moment your vehicle could be unjustifiably searched. Would it EVENTUALLY get sorted out with a judge? Sure. But that is likely months or years down the line.

Short answer, don't drive like a donkey which would lead to getting pulled over in the first place.

Gunner
07-16-2022, 09:56
then why did you ask?

Trying to find out about the checking it part and what hassle if any Chicago would give with TSA


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