Richard, that's true about tough illinois gun laws That is IF one takes into consideration and including Chicago gun law. The rest of the state isn't so strict, yes you must have an active FOID card, and register your guns, but trigger locks arnt mandatory nor is keeping them locked in a safe and storing ammunition separately isn't an issue either.

Interesting that down state illinois has very little gun crime. Cook county (Chicago) and St. Claire county (east St. Louis) are exceptions though. And that seems to be mostly gang related.