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Demmer packs the house for guns talk

Legislation is muddy, at best

BY KAYLA HEIMERMAN kheimerman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 535
Created: Saturday, March 9, 2013 1:15 a.m. CDT

ROCHELLE – Gun owners and gun rights supporters packed a town hall meeting Friday to discuss concealed carry legislation with state Rep. Tom Demmer.

Demmer, R-Dixon, explained two pieces of concealed carry legislation, prompted by a federal appeals court ruling that it is unconstitutional to prohibit concealed carry.

House Bill 1155, sponsored by House Speaker Mike Madigan, D-Chicago, would allow for concealed carry but also includes a long list of places where handguns would be banned, such as schools, sports stadiums and government buildings and their adjacent properties and parking lots.

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