CHICAGO (WLS) -- Crimes committed by concealed-carry gun owners are rare in Illinois, which has been issuing concealed weapons permits for less than two years. When the first concealed-carry permit ...

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn offered on Tuesday a gun-control advocate’s vision of what concealed carry should look like: limits on numbers of guns and bullets, bans in restaurants and workplaces and a ...

Illinois’ new concealed carry law is here. Soon those who have a permit will be carrying loaded weapons in public places. As the law is currently written, business owners who do not want people ...

A federal appeals court has upheld an Illinois law banning concealed firearms on public transit, finding it does not violate the Second Amendment. A panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Illinois In Focus Daily | Thursday Sept. 4th, 2025 Greg Bishop, Illinois editor for The Center Square, hosts Illinois In Focus Daily, a review of some of the top Illinois headlines with timely and ...

In the third year since concealed carry was enacted into law in Illinois, there are several local businesses that have sprung up to teach basic shooting and safety techniques, as well as other aspects ...

SPRINGFIELD | Five Republican congressmen from Illinois have signed on to an effort to allow residents in their home state to legally carry concealed weapons. The push, led by U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, ...