Ballots in Woodford, LaSalle and McDonough counties will feature a referendum that asks whether the state should enact so-called "concealed-carry" legislation.Worth noting here because this blog discusses state and local political. Also I think responsible citizens should be able to have a gun. Unfortunately fearmongering is probably more important and it doesn't help with events not much different than what happened on the 71 bus last weekend.
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 1 of only two states that haven't passed some form of the statute.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Monday, October 13, 2008
3 counties have "concealed carry" referendum
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