Post by Peteetongman on Jun 8, 2013 11:12:15 GMT -5
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A state's attorney who has decided to stop prosecuting Illinois' last-in-the-nation ban on having guns in public said Friday a federal court's scrapping of the prohibition empowers him to let citizens go ahead and carry concealed weapons.
Madison County's top prosecutor, Tom Gibbons, announced the move Thursday.
A concealed-carry measure awaits action from Gov. Pat Quinn, but Gibbons said he's grown tired of the months-long bid to get permissive legislation on the books.
"As this process dragged on in Springfield, with all sides working very hard on it, we had to do something," he told The Associated Press on Friday from his office, northeast of St. Louis.
news.yahoo.com/ill-prosecutor-criticized-over-concealed-carry-230511427.html
Madison County's top prosecutor, Tom Gibbons, announced the move Thursday.
A concealed-carry measure awaits action from Gov. Pat Quinn, but Gibbons said he's grown tired of the months-long bid to get permissive legislation on the books.
"As this process dragged on in Springfield, with all sides working very hard on it, we had to do something," he told The Associated Press on Friday from his office, northeast of St. Louis.
news.yahoo.com/ill-prosecutor-criticized-over-concealed-carry-230511427.html
