Voters get say 'concealed carry' question
Posted October 12, 2008 11:00 pm
EUREKA -- Voters in 14 Illinois counties will have a chance next month to let Springfield know what they think about citizens' right to carry concealed firearms.
The referendum will ask whether the state should enact so-called "concealed-carry" legislation.
The referendum is advisory only. Voters will not be deciding whether individual counties should adopt those rights, but whether state legislators should bring the issue to a vote.
Advocates of the legislation say such a law is long overdue in Illinois, which is one of only two states that haven't passed some form of the statute.
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