I mean, I'm not gonna tell you to comply with blatantly unconstitutional crap, but if all they did was ban guns with more than 15 round mags, get a glock 19, a smith and wesson M&P compact, etc. etc.
The Glock 19 (and it's derivatives) is literally the most popular self defense firearm on the planet, with the aforementioned Smith and Wesson M&P compact being a close second. Both have standard 15 round mags with really large aftermarkets, both are 9mm (the literal most common round in North America besides maybe 30-30) and both fall in that "concealable, but not too small" category that everyone seems to love.
If you're bound and determined to not get in trouble legally with these new unconstitutional non-laws, then just go for one of them. Or one of the near infinite third party (usually of higher quality) variants of the Glock 19 that are made by American companies.
If you're more old school, go for a 1911 or a browning hi-power (1911 in 9mm has a max ammo capacity of 10 rounds, and a hi-power has a max of 15 but standard capacity of 13). If nothing else, just buy a 357 Magnum revolver. They're a bit more expensive (especially if you get a REALLY good defense revolver with 8 rounds instead of 6), but there's very little the walks this earth that 8 rounds of 357 won't kill (assuming you use the right ammo).
Just because they've banned most of the more popular "modern" guns in IL now, doesn't mean you have nothing. You just have to go with options that are a little older. But older doesn't mean unreliable. Not to sound like a boomer, but I mean the 1911, Hi-Power, and revolvers in general have more than a hundred years of history of being reliable in not just self defense situations, but in actual war scenarios.
Glocks and M&Ps, don't quite have that level of history, but they're still absurdly reliable. M&Ps in particular are the only pistol that consistently pass all those ludicrous internet "torture tests". Heck, I just watched a video the other day of someone freezing every popular self defense pistol solid and trying to fire them. The only one that actually shot, was the M&P.
So yeah, you still have options, just walk into a gun store and ask for some recommendations (though I will say, refuse any kind of taurus revolver, they're notoriously bad).
I mean, I'm not gonna tell you to comply with blatantly unconstitutional crap, but if all they did was ban guns with more than 15 round mags, get a glock 19, a smith and wesson M&P compact, etc. etc.
The Glock 19 (and it's derivatives) is literally the most popular self defense firearm on the planet, with the aforementioned Smith and Wesson M&P compact being a close second. Both have standard 15 round mags with really large aftermarkets, both are 9mm (the literal most common round in North America besides maybe 30-30) and both fall in that "concealable, but not too small" category that everyone seems to love.
If you're bound and determined to not get in trouble legally with these new unconstitutional non-laws, then just go for one of them. Or one of the near infinite third party (usually of higher quality) variants of the Glock 19 that are made by American companies.
If you're more old school, go for a 1911 or a browning hi-power (1911 in 9mm has a max ammo capacity of 10 rounds, and a hi-power has a max of 15 but standard capacity of 13). If nothing else, just buy a 357 Magnum revolver. They're a bit more expensive (especially if you get a REALLY good defense revolver with 8 rounds instead of 6), but there's very little the walks this earth that 8 rounds of 357 won't kill (assuming you use the right ammo).
Just because they've banned most of the more popular "modern" guns in IL now, doesn't mean you have nothing. You just have to go with options that are a little older. But older doesn't mean unreliable. Not to sound like a boomer, but I mean the 1911, Hi-Power, and revolvers in general have more than a hundred years of history of being reliable in not just self defense situations, but in actual war scenarios.
Glocks and M&Ps, don't quite have that level of history, but they're still absurdly reliable. M&Ps in particular are the only pistol that consistently pass all those ludicrous internet "torture tests". Heck, I just watched a video the other day of someone freezing every popular self defense pistol solid and trying to fire them. The only one that actually shot, was the M&P.
So yeah, you still have options, just walk into a gun store and ask for some recommendations (though I will say, refuse any kind of taurus revolver, they're notoriously bad).