After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in Chicago last year, lawmakers in Springfield started off this year by pushing to give people the right to carry concealed firearms in public. Similar legislation has been defeated in the past, but lawmakers have not given up. Some lawmakers in both chambers have introduced a slew of proposals to expand gun ownership rights.
Read About It: The Alton Telegraph (Ill.)
Read About It: The Alton Telegraph (Ill.)
