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Who can ban assault weapons? Experts differ on whether new gun law applies only to home rule municipalities By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com Do non-home-rule municipalities such as Richmond have the power to enact bans on assault-style weapons under the concealed-carry bill? It depends on whom you ask. The concealed-carry bill in its original form gives municipalities 10 days from when it takes effect to ban such weapons or lose the chance. The law firm that
The Richmond Village Board last Wednesday rejected, 6-0, a proposed ban after public outcry. The language was drafted by the law firm of Zukowski Rogers Flood & McArdle, which sent an email bulletin to municipalities Tuesday in the wake of Gov. Pat Quinn’s long-anticipated amendatory veto of the bill legalizing concealed carry. “If the bill does pass in either original or amended form, then municipalities
represents many of McHenry County’s municipalities says the language applies to all incorporated towns. Gun-rights groups, as well as the bill’s chief sponsor in the House, say that only cities with home rule have the choice. That ambiguity, opponents said, could lead to towns that enact such bans facing lawsuits from gun groups that have enjoyed a wave of success in getting gun-control laws overturned.
that are interested in enacting an assault weapon ordinance will have 10 days from the bill’s enactment to pass the ordinance, and home-rule units would possibly have longer,” wrote firm attorney Brad Stewart, who has been studying the bill in preparation for its enactment. But that assessment is not accurate, said Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, who helped draft the bill after fighting for years to get concealed carry – Illinois is the
last state in the union to not allow some form of it. Phelps told the Northwest Herald that lawmakers’ intent was for only home-rule municipalities to have that choice. The reason, according to Phelps and Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson, was to prevent law-abiding gun owners from being caught in a web of differing gun laws from town to town.
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Inside Gov. Pat Quinn’s changes to the concealed-carry bill approved by the Illinois Legislature have drawn the ire of southern Illinois state Rep. Brandon Phelps. PAGE A3
On the Net You can read House Bill 183 and Quinn’s amendatory veto message on the General Assembly’s website at www.ilga.gov.
At least 2 die Natural burials grow in popularity in jet crash at Calif. airport 181 injured; cause unknown “... It looked like the plane had completely broken apart. There were flames and smoke just billowing.” Stephanie Turner Saw the plane going down from her hotel room
By JOAN LOWY and TERRY COLLINS The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – An Asiana Airlines flight packed with more than 300 people slammed into the runway while landing at San Francisco airport Saturday and caught fire, forcing many to escape by sliding down the emergency inflatable slides as flames tore through the plane. At least two people died in the crash, while another 181 people were taken to hospitals, most with minor injuries, authorities said. Five people, including one child, remained in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital, the region’s main trauma center. San Francisco’s fire chief Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com
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A deer grazes June 25 in Windridge Memorial Park in Cary. Natural burials offers mowre of a natural setting with less of a structural presence than a formal burial. Windridge Memorial Park is one of three in the state to offer natural burials. With current expansion projects, Windridge plans to double their capacity for natural burials. Various options for styles of natural graves are available as well.
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A fire truck sprays water on Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday in San Francisco.
n What: A natural burial seminar, by Eric Moen, family service counselor at Windridge Memorial Park and Nature Sanctuary in Cary n When: 11 a.m. July 27 n Where: Evolve, 54 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake
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Cary cemetery is 1 of 3 in state offering ‘green’ option By LAWERENCE SYNETT lsynett@shawmedia.com Bob and Connie Frerichs recently celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary. The couple have shared a lifetime of memories as they enter
their twilight years, and with no way to know when their time together may come to an end, they are faced with an inevitable question: How do they want to be buried after they die? Both have separate family cemetery plots downstate, but
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MEYER MINE RUNNING STEADILY Meyer Material Co. plant’s sales have remained steady, company officials reported to the Cary Village Board. Whether the company thinks it will finish mining operations by its 2016 deadline won’t be known for a few years. The company is trying to stockpile as much gravel as possible, as it produces more material than it sells. For more, see page B1.
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they couldn’t agree on a location. The man of the house already had chosen cremation, while the mother of two boys wanted a more “traditional” burial. “He didn’t want to come to
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