Thread: Chicago prepares for new concealed carry gun law

Chicago prepares for new concealed carry gun law

DON BABWI, Associated Press
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press
Updated 12:40 pm, Friday, June 28, 2013

• In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy stands near guns confiscated in Chicago and talks about the department's efforts to curb gun violence during a news conference in Chicago. As Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn mulls whether to sign off on eliminating the nation’s last ban on public possession of guns, the question in Chicago is whether it will matter in the crime-weary city where a spiking murder rate drew national attention last year. McCarthy calls a requirement that people go through only 16 hours of training before they are issued a concealed carry permit "Incredibly troubling." Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Residents in Chicago have mixed opinions about new concealed carry legislation and what will it mean to the crime-weary city.
  Neighborhood leaders, anti-crime activists and police officials worry about additional mayhem in Chicago. But other residents, including some who live in Chicago's more violent areas, believe more guns will allow them to defend themselves better.
  At City Hall the reaction to concealed carry legislation has been relatively quiet. Chicago can do little about stopping the law because a federal appeals court ordered Illinois to end its concealed carry ban by this summer.
  Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is mulling whether to sign off on the legislation, but his decision may be moot because the Legislature passed it by wide enough margins to override any veto.
  
  http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Chicago-prepares-for-new-concealed-carry-gun-law-4635866.php

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