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Article posted: 12/16/2012 7:30 PM

Illinois faces difficult choices with gun law

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Gun owners and supporters participate in an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day rally at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield last March 7. The issue of whether people have a right to be armed in public is moving closer to a Supreme Court review.

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State lawmakers who are bitterly divided whether to legalize the concealed carry of weapons now have six months to do it — or they may end up with no say in the matter after a federal appeals court threw out the state’s concealed gun ban last week.

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