Infinity001 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Dear Friend I am sorry but is a long time I don't read the forum , unfortunately I had some work troubles and so.... Next month I will make a short business trip in Chicago, please can you tell me the address of some gun shop in downtown?? I would like to buy some magazines, holsters and minor parts. Thankyou very much Antonio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Chicago has had a ban on civilian posession of non-registered handguns, and has not accepted civilian registration for handguns since 1982, so I doubt you'll find much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam38 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Dear Friend I am sorry but is a long time I don't read the forum , unfortunately I had some work troubles and so....Next month I will make a short business trip in Chicago, please can you tell me the address of some gun shop in downtown?? I would like to buy some magazines, holsters and minor parts. Thankyou very much Antonio Probably the best thing to do would be to order the items you want on line and have them sent to the hotel you will be staying at. You might want to check the export and import laws about gun parts,too. Although I think "magazines, holsters and minor parts" should be OK. Sam Spiteir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I have never tried and don't really know... But, I hear stories about shooters traveling through Chicago and stopping into gun stores and having bad experiences. The city of Chicago is very anti-gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 (edited) "Chicago has had a ban on civilian posession of non-registered handguns, and has not accepted civilian registration for handguns since 1982, so I doubt you'll find much." Good Lord, I had no idea that any town outside of Kalifornia was so anti-gun. Edited October 30, 2006 by Flatland Shooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidball Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Dear Friend I am sorry but is a long time I don't read the forum , unfortunately I had some work troubles and so....Next month I will make a short business trip in Chicago, please can you tell me the address of some gun shop in downtown?? I would like to buy some magazines, holsters and minor parts. Thankyou very much Antonio I actually thought this post was an attempt (and a pretty good one) at tongue-in-cheek humor. Tongue-in-cheek is a term that refers to a style of humour in which things are said only half seriously, or in a subtly mocking way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I think you'd have better luck finding a gun shop in NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 "Chicago has had a ban on civilian posession of non-registered handguns, and has not accepted civilian registration for handguns since 1982, so I doubt you'll find much."Good Lord, I had no idea that any town outside of Kalifornia was so anti-gun. Not only that, but IL law specifically grants localities the power to pass any gun laws they wish with no pre-emption at the state level. There are even towns that banned handguns with absolutely no grandfathering (Oak Park and Morton Grove come to mind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Driver Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Many mail order retailers will not ship parts to Chicago or Cook county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity001 Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 Dear Friends, thankyou so much for your answers. I would like only to tell that my post was not a joke I am Italian and unfortunately I cannot know the lows of alla your wonderful states, I know just a little of the guns lows of Texas and Oklahoma... so.... thankyou again! Antonio Ferrari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Dear Friends, thankyou so much for your answers. I would like only to tell that my post was not a joke I am Italian and unfortunately I cannot know the lows of alla your wonderful states, I know just a little of the guns lows of Texas and Oklahoma... so.... thankyou again! Antonio Ferrari There are many wonderful places in the US. Unfortunately, it does not appear you will be visiting one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike P Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Dear Friends, thankyou so much for your answers. I would like only to tell that my post was not a joke I am Italian and unfortunately I cannot know the lows of alla your wonderful states, I know just a little of the guns lows of Texas and Oklahoma... so.... thankyou again! Antonio Ferrari You might try getting a flight with a connection/layover in someplace like Dallas or Atlanta, you should be able to find your items either of those places. Good Luck, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidball Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Dear Friends, thankyou so much for your answers. I would like only to tell that my post was not a joke I am Italian and unfortunately I cannot know the lows of alla your wonderful states, I know just a little of the guns lows of Texas and Oklahoma... so.... thankyou again! Antonio Ferrari You might try getting a flight with a connection/layover in someplace like Dallas or Atlanta, you should be able to find your items either of those places. Good Luck, Mike Get a rental car and drive the 30 minutes from Chicago into the great state of Indiana where the right to keep and bear arms is still observed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdmoore Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Chicago has had a ban on civilian posession of non-registered handguns, and has not accepted civilian registration for handguns since 1982, so I doubt you'll find much. This is why Chicago is such a safe city. See DC for another great example... ...Tongue-in-cheek is a term that refers to a style of humour in which things are said only half seriously, or in a subtly mocking way. See above Agree with the sentiment to take a cab to a friendlier state. Let them have the $$, they deserve it more than the anti gun crowd! Maybe an Indianian could point out a good place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Since a fellow IPSC shooter and fellow forum member closed up his shop, there arent any "good" gun shops left in NW Indiana. There are a couple shops, but dont expect to find any that will even know about anything related to competition or what real shooters want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidball Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Chicago has had a ban on civilian posession of non-registered handguns, and has not accepted civilian registration for handguns since 1982, so I doubt you'll find much. This is why Chicago is such a safe city. See DC for another great example... ...Tongue-in-cheek is a term that refers to a style of humour in which things are said only half seriously, or in a subtly mocking way. See above Agree with the sentiment to take a cab to a friendlier state. Let them have the $$, they deserve it more than the anti gun crowd! Maybe an Indianian could point out a good place? We're called "Hoosiers". Don't ask why (we don't really know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 True. No one really knows. This from Wikipedia: Origin of the word According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology of the word is unknown, but it has been in use since at least 1826. According to Bill Bryson, there are many suggestions for the derivation of the word "Hoosier," but none is universally accepted. It first came into general usage in the 1830s. John Finley of Richmond, Indiana wrote a poem, The Hoosier's Nest, which was used as the "Carrier's Address" of the Indianapolis Journal, January 1, 1833. As it came into common usage, the debates about the term's origin began. Some common hypotheses are: Frontier slang The most common belief is that the term was a greeting. When approaching a man's home in those early frontier days, you shouted from afar, "Hello, the cabin!" to avoid being shot. The inhabitants would then shout back "Who'sh 'ere?" (who's there). As it got slurred together over time, the country folk came to be called Hoosiers. Another possibility relating to slang historically associated with the region is the combination of "Who's" and "your", such as in "Who'sh yer 'pa?". Additionally, "Hussar" was a term used on the Kentucky frontier for people who were public nuisances. According to local tradition, hussars were hard drinking carousers. This theory carries the implication that a large share of such folks came from Indiana. Strongmen Indiana rivermen were so spectacularly successful in trouncing or "hushing" their adversaries in the brawling that was then common that they became known as "hushers." Additionally, the poet James Whitcomb Riley facetiously suggested that the fierce brawling that took place in Indiana involved enough ear biting that the expression "Whose ear?" was common enough to be notable. Contract labor A contractor reportedly named Samuel Hoosier preferred to hire workers from Indiana during the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal in Louisville. His employees became known as "Hoosier's men" and finally just "Hoosiers." A similar story involves the National Road, which got its start in Cumberland , Maryland, and slowly extended westward as the United States expanded (now called U.S. 40). It truly was a "national" road, in that it was "macadamized" (or "paved"), quite an innovation for the nineteenth century. It was far ahead of its time, easily providing the best transportation route of its era. The road had reached Columbus, Ohio, just about the time that Indiana was in its final stage as a territory. As plans were made to extend the highway to Richmond, Indiana, the call went out for laborers. Knowing that the federal government would pay "top dollar," the employees of a contractor in the Indiana Territory reportedly named Robert Hoosier asked their boss if they could go work for this higher wage in the neighboring state of Ohio (Ohio attained statehood 13 years before Indiana did). Mr. Hoosier gave his consent, asking them to return to work for him when this section of the road was done. Just as in the Sam Hoosier story, the crew of Indiana workers proved to be industrious, conscientious, and efficient. The Federal foreman referred to the group as "Hoosiers" meaning they were workers that Robert Hoosier had allowed to join the national work crew. It wasn't long before people along the National Road used the term to describe the folks living in the territory to the west. Americanized Anglo-Saxon Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr., Indiana historian and secretary of the Indiana Historical Society concluded that the term stemmed from the word "hoozer" from the Cumberland dialect of England, deriving from the Anglo-Saxon word "hoo" meaning high or hill. Immigrants from Cumberland, England settled in the Southern Appalachians and then migrated to the southern hills of Indiana, bringing the term with them. Military origin Another plausible explanation for "Hoosier" is that it sprang from Kosciusko County in the northern part of the state. Indeed Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish noble who fought with George Washington in the Revolutionary War, may have been the first "Hoosier." (This explanation was provided from research by Eugene Eoyang, professor at Indiana University). Here again, "Hoosier" reflects the American penchant over the years of mispronouncing words and place names from other languages. and is a corruption of the Polish word, huzar or hussar (Hungarian hussar, Russian hussar, French hussard) which before the 15th century, according to the Oxford English Dictionary meant "freebooter, freelance." Then, in the second half of the 15th century, it acquired the meaning of "light horsemen." It is this sense that the term could be applied to the dashing, heroic light cavalry regiments who "fought with George Washington in the Revolutionary War." The military connotations of "hoosier" are strikingly reinforced in the Journal of the Kosciuszko Guards by William S. Hemphill. William S. Hemphill was born in 1832 and died in 1907. There is no indication of the exact year in which the journal was written, but it was, presumably, sometime in the years following the end of the Civil War in 1865 and before his death in 1907. The word hoosier or hoosiers occurs frequently in the journal. Indeed, the Indiana regiment who fought in the Civil War named their camp "Hoosiertown." Perhaps, the most telling anecdote is of a splendid Massachusetts regiment who disdained to soil their hands with the chore of moving a massive rock. So the regiment from Indiana, referred to as "Hoosiers," sets about the project. The soldiers from Massachusetts merely looked on. "A large, fine looking man," Hemphill recalls, "wearing a common soldier's blouse and slouch hat, on passing, had paused to watch the proceedings." He began to berate the leader of the Massachusetts regiment, a second lieutenant. Abashed, the second lieutenant takes on airs, and threatens to teach the interloper some manners, but upon noticing that the "burley form of the Hoosier looked rather formidable, decided to appeal to Hemphill, who was in charge of the Indiana regiment." "Sergeant," the second lieutenant said, "this is one of your men; arrest him and take him to your commanding officer. I will prefer charges against him and have him properly punished!" Hemphill took no action; as he reported later, because "I was full of laughter that I could make no answer." When the interloping Hoosier realized how upset the second lieutenant was, he makes a pretty speech — if not an apology, then of polite remonstrance — ending with these plainspoken words: "I guess the Sergeant will not arrest me, but if you wish to prefer charges against me, you can do so. I am Lieut. Col. George Humphrey, of the 12th Ind. Inf. at your service." Hemphill adds: "It was a complete take down; and the Lieutenant's turn to apologize. The Hoosiers all joined in the laugh, and three cheers were given for Col. Humphrey; while the crest fallen Yankees quietly returned to their camp to wonder what kind of men the Hoosiers were anyhow." Humorists Humorist Dave Barry has suggested that it comes from "the sound pigs make when they sneeze." He had also speculated that, for all we know, it could be a Native American word meaning "sex with caribou," although many of his astute readers pointed out that there are no caribou in Indiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COF Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Duane, you have way too much time on your hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 If only that were true.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codycoyote Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 You could always rent a car, and drive the 20-30 minutes outside of Chicago to find some really nice gun shops. The nicest one I can think of that has bunches of goodies is Mega Sports in Plainfield Il. It;s about 30 minutes southwest of Chicago right off of I-55. You can google their website and see some of their selection. While Chicago is a bottomless pit of hell and gun control, the rest of IL is somewhat better. Hell if we could just get CCW here we would be better off than alot of other states are. Cody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 While Chicago is a bottomless pit of hell and gun control, the rest of IL is somewhat better. Hell if we could just get CCW here we would be better off than alot of other states are.Cody One problem with IL is that state law specifically gives towns and cities the authority to pass any local bun bans they wish. Any town in IL is just a city council vote away from a complete, no grandfathering, ban on handgun ownership (as the residents of Oak Grove, Morton Gove and I think Evanston have learned). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schutzenmeister Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 While Chicago is a bottomless pit of hell and gun control, the rest of IL is somewhat better. Hell if we could just get CCW here we would be better off than alot of other states are. Strange ... I'd be troubled to name one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Save yourself the time and dont bother with it. Unless you have an IL FOID card, you wont even be allowed to touch any gun in the shop. Your Carry Permit from your home state means nothing to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Well, the reason this may be somewhat of a shock is that even in Rome (old part) there is at least one gunshop and I saw it myself only two weeks ago. Lots of long guns and shot guns, G17's in 9x21, Kimber 1911's. Hell, I even saw an AR! You don't want to know about the prices, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildogmech Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 While Chicago is a bottomless pit of hell and gun control, the rest of IL is somewhat better. Hell if we could just get CCW here we would be better off than alot of other states are.Cody When I got out of the Marine Corps. My wife and I moved back to her home neck-o-the woods... She is From Calumet City Il. We were looking at buying a house in the Lansing area... Then I found out about the gun laws! I found out that IN gives darn near anyone a CCW (called a handgun liscence here) and you can even have Class III stuff! We moved over the border instead! I got my CCW and have carried my BHP ever since... I want to move farther into the state when I graduate from PCU (seriously... Purdue Calumet University!)...I want a bunch of accres and my own 1000M range! (A guy's got to have a dream!) Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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