However, it clearly applies to defendant because her pistol was unloaded, in a case and she had a valid FOID card. The exemption did not require her to be transporting the pistol to a specific location in order to hunt or target shoot or take a recently purchased weapon to her residence. We note concealed carry laws deal with the concealed possession of a weapon in a holster and do not provide the weapon must be unloaded. The exemption here specifically provides the weapon must be unloaded and in a case. Our ruling is not an endorsement of the defendant's behavior.
Citizens carrying unloaded weapons, even if encased, into courthouses is a prelude to violence.
Unloaded weapons can readily be loaded. The remedy for the mischief noted by the trial court is a matter for the legislature.