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IL: Hunters are given handgun option
Josey1
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Hunters are given handgun option
CANTON - Illinois Deer hunters will have the option of using handguns during the firearm season under a new law supported by State Rep. Mike Smith (D-Canton) and signed by the governor on Wednesday.
"Under the new law, hunters will be able to choose which firearm they use during deer season," Smith said. "Hunters will no longer face the restrictions on handgun use that they did under the previous law."
Prior to the new law, deer hunters could only use handguns in 30 counties during certain periods designated by the Department of Natural Resources.
The new law provides that hunters may choose among handguns, shotguns, and muzzleloaders during the entire deer firearm season in 98 counties.
The law also includes language making it easier for owners of game preserves to open they land to year-round hunting.
"Today's new pro-hunting law signals that hunters are law abiding citizens who can responsibly own and use handguns," Smith said. "Too often, legislation benefiting sportsmen has been defeated because legislators mistakenly thought it would benefit criminals. by talking to fellow legislators about the merits of the bill for sportsmen, we were able to rally more than enough support to send it to the governor, who has proven himself a friend of the outdoorsmen."
The National Rifle Association, Illinois State Rifle Association, and Illinois Farmers Union support the new law.
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Hunters are given handgun option
CANTON - Illinois Deer hunters will have the option of using handguns during the firearm season under a new law supported by State Rep. Mike Smith (D-Canton) and signed by the governor on Wednesday.
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http://www.cantondailyledger.com/articles/2003/08/22/news/news3.txt
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878<P>
CANTON - Illinois Deer hunters will have the option of using handguns during the firearm season under a new law supported by State Rep. Mike Smith (D-Canton) and signed by the governor on Wednesday.
"Under the new law, hunters will be able to choose which firearm they use during deer season," Smith said. "Hunters will no longer face the restrictions on handgun use that they did under the previous law."
Prior to the new law, deer hunters could only use handguns in 30 counties during certain periods designated by the Department of Natural Resources.
The new law provides that hunters may choose among handguns, shotguns, and muzzleloaders during the entire deer firearm season in 98 counties.
The law also includes language making it easier for owners of game preserves to open they land to year-round hunting.
"Today's new pro-hunting law signals that hunters are law abiding citizens who can responsibly own and use handguns," Smith said. "Too often, legislation benefiting sportsmen has been defeated because legislators mistakenly thought it would benefit criminals. by talking to fellow legislators about the merits of the bill for sportsmen, we were able to rally more than enough support to send it to the governor, who has proven himself a friend of the outdoorsmen."
The National Rifle Association, Illinois State Rifle Association, and Illinois Farmers Union support the new law.
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CANTON - Progress on the Central Illinois Energy plant was the source of discussion as 300 shareholders and guests met Monday, Aug. 18 at Canton High School for the first annual meeting of the CIE Cooperative.
SRC Board okays raises
The Spoon River College Board of Trustees on July 23 voted to raise salaries of both part-time teachers and part-time professional support staff.
Hunters are given handgun option
CANTON - Illinois Deer hunters will have the option of using handguns during the firearm season under a new law supported by State Rep. Mike Smith (D-Canton) and signed by the governor on Wednesday.
Health board approves lower budget
CANTON - Following careful staff and administration considerations, the Fulton County Board of Health Tuesday night adopted a new fiscal year budget which represents a $100,000 drop from the current budget.
Alzheimer's Memory Walk set Sept. 6 in Wallace Park
The Alzheimer's Association, Central Illinois Chapter, invites the public to participate in Canton's first Memory Walk. The event will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Wallace Park, 250 S. Avenue D.
http://www.cantondailyledger.com/articles/2003/08/22/news/news3.txt
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878<P>
Comments
SALLY
Committee member-Ducks Unlimited
Also will this change the rules for out of sate purchasers of ammo. Up till now out of staters have only been allowed to buy shotgun ammo.
Regards,