I think that it is difficult to get a concealed carry in Chicago. I also suspect that it is equally as difficult to get a concealed carry in others where the animals play their games. The other option is, if you value your life, you leave.
New Jersey is technically a concealed carry state. But just try to get a carry permit here: impossible.
I’ve had mine for about 3 years now, maybe 4. But back in the day, when you couldn’t get one in TX unless you carried large sums of money or something else . . . I carried, not concealed but in my truck as working in accounting we had to work late month end and year end . . . and the trick back then they’d bump your bumper at a red light late at night and then when you’d get out to check for damage they’d attack/rape/rob you . . . well I had my .357 Colt King Cobra so they’d have found out real quick they “bumped” the wrong white girl.
And when my daughter turns 21 in birthday after next, I’ll have her apply for a permit too. Not difficult to get in my current state at the present time . . . takes about a month to six weeks or at least it did when I got mine and husband got his a year later but that is when they were overwhelmed with applications and gun sales were through the roof. Not sure IF it has slowed down or not.