Madison County, IL

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Illinois concealed carry of guns allowed in a second county
Examiner.com
According to an Inquisitr report on Wednesday, persons carrying concealed guns in Randolph County in Illinois will not be prosecuted. Just days prior to this, Madison County in Illinois took the state's lead in a similar statement regarding the ...
Illinois county bucks state ban on concealed guns, rules citizens can carryWashington Times
Concealed carry bill: Illinois prosecutor 'goes rogue,' allows concealed carryChristian Science Monitor
Illinois: Concealed Carry OK'd by 2nd ProsecutorWebProNews
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Christian Science Monitor
Illinois county bucks state ban on concealed guns, rules citizens can carry
Washington Times
The state's attorney in neighboring Madison County issued the same ruling last week, UPI reported. Meanwhile, the sheriff in Clnton County said over the weekend he would not enforce the state's ban on concealed weapons, UPI said. © Copyright 2013 The ...
Randolph County State's Attorney Will Allow Concealed CarryCBS Local
Illinois concealed carry law gains supportJackson Clarion Ledger
Randolph County Allows Concealed CarryWSIL TV
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Another Illinois attorney will not prosecute concealed carry
Northwest Herald
Randolph County State's Attorney Jeremy Walker's announcement Tuesday that he'll stop prosecuting the prohibition on guns in public came just days after his counterpart in suburban St. Louis' Madison County issued a similar declaration. The sheriff of ...

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Illinois concealed carry OK'd in another county
ABC7Chicago.com
Randolph County State's Attorney Jeremy Walker's announcement Tuesday that he'll stop prosecuting the prohibition on guns in public came just days after his counterpart in suburban St. Louis' Madison County issued a similar declaration. The sheriff of ...
Randolph County Allows Concealed CarryWSIL TV
Randolph County State's Attorney Will Allow Concealed CarryCBS Local
Another Illinois prosecutor OKs concealed carryPeoria Journal Star
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Randolph County State's Attorney Will Allow Concealed Carry
KMOX.com
In an announcement to law enforcement and the public last week, Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons opened the door for citizens to begin carrying concealed firearms. The announcement was quickly refuted by the Illinois State Police, Illinois ...
Second Illinois county allowing concealed carry before legislation passesWREX-TV
Randolph County Allows Concealed CarryWSIL TV
Randolph, Clinton counties allowing concealed weapons, with limitsBelleville News Democrat
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Madison County news and events for the week of June 12
STLtoday.com
Madison County Community Development has received 60 window air conditioners from Ameren Illinois, through the Ameren Cares program. The air conditioners will be available to low-income families. Recipients have been identified and the qualifying ...

Concealed-Carry Now Legal In Illinois? Madison County's Top Prosecutor Tom ...
Riverfront Times (blog)
Illinois is the only state in the country that has maintained a ban on concealed-carry, but across the river from St. Louis, the top prosecutor in Madison County now says that -- effective immediately -- citizens can carry concealed firearms. The ...
Clinton County Sheriff Sides With State's Attorney on Concealed CarryCBS Local
State's Attorney Draws Criticism For Allowing Concealed Carry In Madison CountyProgress Illinois
Prosecutor faces criticism over concealed carry standRockford Register Star
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State's Attorney Draws Criticism For Allowing Concealed Carry In Madison County
Progress Illinois
Although Gov. Pat Quinn has been granted a 30-day extension to consider a bill that would legalize concealed carry in the state, one state's attorney has decided to no longer prosecute Illinoisans caught carrying a firearm in public, effective ...

Clinton County Sheriff Sides With State's Attorney on Concealed Carry
CBS Local
CARLYLE, Ill. (KMOX) – The sheriff of Clinton County, Illinois has issued a statement on concealed carry, following the Madison County State's Attorney's decision not to prosecute any cases on the matter. Sheriff Mike Kreke says his department “will ...
Prosecutor faces criticism over concealed carry standRockford Register Star
State's Attorney Draws Criticism For Allowing Concealed Carry In Madison CountyProgress Illinois
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Tom Gibbons Concealed Carry: Madison Co. Top Prosecutor Criticized Over ...
Huffington Post
LOUIS -- A state's attorney who has decided to stop prosecuting Illinois' last-in-the-nation ban on having guns in public said Friday a federal court's scrapping of the prohibition empowers him to let citizens go ahead and carry concealed weapons ...

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Madison County prosecutor criticized over concealed carry
Peoria Journal Star
... state's attorney who has decided to stop prosecuting Illinois' last-in-the-nation ban on having guns in public said Friday a federal court's scrapping of the prohibition empowers him to let citizens go ahead and carry concealed weapons. Madison ...
Illinois State Police: Try to conceal carry, you'll be arrestedBelleville News Democrat
Illinois State Police, State's Attorney Clash on Concealed Carry EnforcementKMOX.com
Illinois Prosecutor Says Concealed - Carry is AllowedReason
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Southern Illinois prosecutor criticized over allowing concealed carry
The State Journal-Register
14, 2012 photo shows Madison County States Attorney Thomas Gibbons in Edwardsville, Ill. Gibbons is drawing fire from several of his colleagues across Illinois after announcing Thursday, June 6, 2013, his decision to let citizens immediately start ...

Illinois State Police remind residents concealed carry law not in effect yet
Evansville Courier & Press
Despite Madison County's move, Illinois State Police say they will continue to arrest anyone violating the state's unlawful use of weapons statute. It is unlikely that Illinois' concealed carry law will go into force before early July. On Tuesday, the ...

Illinois State Police, State's Attorney Clash on Concealed Carry Enforcement
CBS Local
“I don't think that the Illinois State Police speak for local law enforcement in our county,” Gibbons said in an interview Friday. He added that he has been in contact with police in Madison County for months and that they were well aware of his ...

Illinois law enforcement: Conceal carry law not official, carriers will be ...
KMOV.com
(KMOV.com/ AP) – Despite a proclamation by a Madison County State's Attorney, Illinois law officers say the state's current ban on concealed weapons remain in effect despite the Legislature's passage of a new law. Concealed carry legislation is pending ...

Iowa's 'Bridges of Madison County' going Broadway
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some extra Iowa marketing may precede the arrival of “The Bridges of Madison County” on Broadway. Robert Waller's best-selling book about two people who met at one of Iowa's famed covered bridges has been turned into a ...

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Madison County State's Attorney Will No Longer Enforce Concealed Carry Ban
CBS Local
EDWARDSVILLE, IL (KMOX) - In an announcement to law enforcement and the public Thursday, Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons opened the door for citizens in the county to “begin carrying concealed firearms on their person or in their vehicle” ...

Illinois police to enforce current gun laws
Bloomington Pantagraph
The public safety advisory by Illinois State Police, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and the Illinois Sheriff's was issued in response to public inquiries and an announcement by a southern Illinois prosecutor. Madison County State's Attorney ...

KSDK
County prosecutor enacts immediate concealed carry
KSDK
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Concealed carry legislation is pending before the Illinois governor but the state's attorney in Madison County says citizens can start carrying weapons immediately. Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons said Thursday ...

Madison County Prosecutor Enacts Immediate Concealed Carry
WSIL TV
Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons said Thursday that "it serves no just purpose" to deny citizens the ability to carry weapons. The Illinois Legislature passed concealed-carry legislation during its recent session under order by a federal ...