SecurityMike
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So I think I found a loophole in Illinois' concealed carry law that would allow private citizens to carry. There is a section of the law that states exemptions to the deadly weapons laws. For example the top of the list is police officers, and then prison guards who are on duty or driving between work and home. But at the bottom it says armed security guards who work at a nuclear energy, weapons, or storage site and who have been trained by the nuclear regulatory commission. But it does not specify "while in the performance of their duty" or "When commuting between home and place of employment". So I'm just wondering what you all think or if anyone can shed anymore light on this?
The law-
Sec. 24‑1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly:
... (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed
on or about his person except when on his land or in his own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
(i) are broken down in a non‑functioning state; or
(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case,
firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
The exemptions-
Sec. 24‑2. Exemptions.
(a) Subsections 24‑1(a)(3), 24‑1(a)(4), 24‑1(a)(10), and 24‑1(a)(13) and Section 24‑1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
Example of wording in other situatons
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, while in the performance of their official duty, or while commuting between their homes and places of employment.
(13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard
at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who has completed the background screening and training mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
So it looks like if you are a guard at a nuclear site, you are allowed to carry anywhere?
The law-
Sec. 24‑1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly:
... (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed
on or about his person except when on his land or in his own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
(i) are broken down in a non‑functioning state; or
(ii) are not immediately accessible; or
(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case,
firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
The exemptions-
Sec. 24‑2. Exemptions.
(a) Subsections 24‑1(a)(3), 24‑1(a)(4), 24‑1(a)(10), and 24‑1(a)(13) and Section 24‑1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
Example of wording in other situatons
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, while in the performance of their official duty, or while commuting between their homes and places of employment.
(13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard
at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who has completed the background screening and training mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
So it looks like if you are a guard at a nuclear site, you are allowed to carry anywhere?
. If you have a constitutional right to bear arms, how is it that a State can make regulations that prohibit citizens to carry?. Your Constitution is supposed to be at a higher level than any State's legislation, isn't it?. 
. Looks like I guessed right, and it also looks like someone saw the gap in which to fit a ban to carry for self-protection and used it. Right to bear and keep is not exactly the same as right to carry.