Illinois

I’ve not spent much time in the state of Illinois. A couple of engineering shows in Chicago reinforced my dislike of cities. The only other times were for a job interview and then the recent paintball games. Other than that I’ve just passed through on my way elsewhere.

Illinois is one of the least gun owner friendly states in the country. They even have gun owner identification cards that are required to buy a gun or even ammunition. They don’t have gun registration, but gun owner registration which is even worse. I find it interesting that such an anti-gun state is the only state I’ve been in that has sequential signs supporting gun ownership along the interstate highways. You’ll see a series of small signs, each containing a phrase apparently sponsored by gunssavelives.org.

When driving through the Boss finds the signs and reads them to me. She likes their message. When I mentioned how anti-gun the state is she replied “well it looks like somebody is trying to change that”. They’ve been trying for that change for decades without much luck that I can see. I suppose the real problem it that a large percentage of the population lives in or near Chicago.

This last weekend was paintball in Illinois. As soon as we crossed the state line I took my gun off my hip and locked it in the son’s glove box. I think they changed their law to allow us normal people to carry when passing through as long as we don’t exit the car. What I did probably wasn’t entirely legal but better than having it on my hip. At the motel I transferred it to another compartment for the duration of the stay in The Peoples Republic of Illinois.

My son and I agreed that if it wasn’t for state economics, the rest of Illinois would just as soon see Chicago go away. Those sheep have way too much influence on the rest of the population.

Oh, . . . And the job interview was a bust. I was used to put pressure on a temporary employee to become ‘permanent’. I don’t think I would’ve liked working or living there anyway. I especially wouldn’t like living in an anti-gun environment.