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Illinois Joins the Other 49 States, Finally Ends Blanket Prohibition on Right to Keep and Bear Arms

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, July 11 2013

This week, Illinois ended its dubious distinction as the final state prohibiting citizens from carrying concealed firearms. The change was compelled by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which ruled last year that Illinois’s draconian restrictions on the individual right to keep and bear arms amounted to a violation of the Second Amendment. In that ruling, the Court gave state authorities until July 9 of this year to revise its regulations. That revision didn’t come easy. Over a month ago, the state legislature passed a law instructing…

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