IIRC Chicago has a ban on handguns.......so buy a shotgun...they're still legal ........for now.

Chicago supplants New York as murder capital.  

[url]www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0112210378dec21.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed[/url]

If it was up to me, no one but law enforcement officers would
                    own hand guns, but I understand that it's impractical to pass a
                    national ban.  

MAYOR DALEY OF CHICAGO

EDIT:  I think Daley meant "legally" own hand guns.  He seems to have no comprehension that criminals own them, legally or not....and always will.