A Senate committee today stalled a measure that would allow Peoria residents to give concealed carry of handguns a test run, all but dooming it this year.
The Senate Public Health Committee voted 9-0 to move the bill, sponsored by Peoria Republican Sen. Dale Risinger, to a subcommittee on “special issues.”
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis testified that the bill would let law-abiding residents to carry a concealed gun once they completed specific firearms training sessions.
Risinger said while the legislation was most likely “done for this session,” it would be brought up again next year.
Illinois is one of only two states without a concealed carry permit. That’s one of several gun ownership measures long stalled in Springfield because of differences between downstaters and Chicago lawmakers.
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