I grew up in kane county, 40 miles NW of the Chicago Loop. Its crazy the way people think there now. A family friend said he doesn't own a gun because he's not paranoid.
The city and state definitely cater to the criminal element-crooks, politicians, illegals, ect. My parents have farm land and when they target practice a neighbor calls the cops on them and they have to go through a whole ordeal of showing paperwork, IDs, FOIDs, written permission from the other neighbor, just nonsence. After visiting here and seeing how we live, they are planning on moving south as soon as the economy/housing market permits