They intend (supposedly) to mimic the DC regs that aren’t all that bad now.
To legally own a handgun in DC, ya gotta
(1) take a safety course (not a bad idea)
(2) spend an hour on the range with instructor (also a good idea)
(3) get fingerprinted (not the best, but tolerable. I did it in Ga)
(4) submit to a ballistics test so expended bullets can be traced back to your barrel (a bit instrusive, but again tolerable ... just buy a replacement barrel ;-p )
(5) stay registered.
DC has only had 800 people register legally since implementing those regs. (per CBS news)
So ... if Chicago requires all that, which isn’t much worse than passing a driver’s test and getting a license for a car, then so be it.
Plus the Illinois legislature (IIRC) put a law in place that makes it NOT a crime to use deadly force with an unregistered handgun in legitimate home- and self-defense.
Perhaps not as bad as it might seem.
The NRA.org and usacarry.org and georgiacarry.org have some good poop on this.
p.s. GA changed the law, and I am pretty sure you no longer have your prints displayed on your license when renewing.
All the steps you noted pertain to POSSESSION in the home, not to carry concealed.
(1) take a safety course (not a bad idea)
(2) spend an hour on the range with instructor (also a good idea)
(3) get fingerprinted (not the best, but tolerable. I did it in Ga)
(4) submit to a ballistics test so expended bullets can be traced back to your barrel (a bit instrusive, but again tolerable ... just buy a replacement barrel ;-p )
(5) stay registered.
A lot of, in your words, "good ideas." None of which are required in Pennsylvania for possession (and only #5 for concealed carry). Is the crime rate any higher here in PA? Is there "blood in the streets?"