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Packing heat - concealed-carry legislation fires up debate in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – Your neighbor, your mailman, your child's day care provider and even you may be able to carry a concealed handgun under a proposed state law.
State Rep. Joel Brunsvold, D-Milan and state Rep. Dan Reitz, D-Steeleville, introduced a bill in the House called the Family and Personal Protection Act.
It would legally allow citizens who obtain a permit to carry concealed firearms in Illinois.
"The police in Illinois do a wonderful job," Brunsvold said. "They do a fantastic job. But there are not enough of them, and there will never be enough of them. They just can't be every place at the same time. They can't protect everyone."
But there is plenty of opposition from law-enforcement groups and gun-control advocates, who say allowing people to carry will result in a bloodbath.
Uploaded: 2/13/2001
Uploaded: 2/13/2001