I'd like to point a few things out to some of those viewing this whole situation OUTSIDE Illinois. First, Chicago is the ONLY place in this state, where the ONLY major resistance against conceal carry legislation is. Second, Illinois is NOT an anti-gun state, not in the NY or CA sense. Sure you may hear about Chicago's yearly AWB legislation, but if you know this state's politics, you'll find soon enough it's just Chicago showing the rest of the state who is boss. As a suburbanite I can say the Chicago suburbs West and Northwest, are by far, DADT-style pro-gun (the culture here is different, you generally don't talk about going to the range in front of the typical liberals that pollute suburbia with their utopian gun-free BS because they always want to TRY and brainwash you with their BS arguments). As long as you steer clear of most lefty enclaves like Skokie, Wilhmette, Winnetka, Highland Park and Evanston plus Chicago itself, it's very much a pro-gun state. Plus, even in Chicago, you can own magazines that hold 13 rds. max, that's better than CA or NY, by any stretch in my book. Plus the process of getting a handgun to own in Chicago one circle in hell BETTER compared to D.C's process (though it could be better!)