{"id":2887,"date":"2012-10-22T02:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T02:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/10\/22\/ccw-is-on-ballot-in-randolph-county\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:19:48","slug":"ccw-is-on-ballot-in-randolph-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2887","title":{"rendered":"CCW Is On The Ballot In Randolph County, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14978,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kfvs12.com\\\/story\\\/19847944\\\/concealed-carry-on-the-ballot-in-randolph-county&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.kfvs12.com\\\/story\\\/19847944\\\/concealed-carry-on-the-ballot-in-randolph-county&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13594,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dnr.illinois.gov\\\/recreation\\\/wsrc\\\/Pages\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200219232519\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.dnr.illinois.gov\\\/recreation\\\/WSRC\\\/Pages\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 20:07:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 20:51:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 20:51:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14979,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kfvs12.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.kfvs12.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The voters in Randolph County, Illinois will see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kfvs12.com\/story\/19847944\/concealed-carry-on-the-ballot-in-randolph-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a ballot measure dealing with concealed carry<\/a> in November. It is an advisory vote that will carry no legal weight but it certainly will carry a lot of symbolic weight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<i>The very last item on the ballot is an advisory question that asks: &#8220;Shall any individual who is not prohibited from possessing firearms under the law be allowed to conceal, possess, carry and or transport firearms in any manner free from infringement?<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Randolph County resident Arlyn Fisk he says if it were legal, he might not carry a firearm on his hip all the time, but he&#8217;d like to have the right to do so.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;I believe it to be a second amendment right to any citizen of the United States, provided they&#8217;re upstanding and law abiding,&#8221; said Fisk. &#8220;But we&#8217;re in the only state in the union that doesn&#8217;t allow concealed carry.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>That&#8217;s why Fisk and others passed petitions around town to get this on the ballot and put the issue to Randolph County voters.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;I think this is going to pass overwhelmingly, but we&#8217;ll see,&#8221; said Randolph County Board chairman Terry Luehr. Luehr says if the advisory question does pass it won&#8217;t mean Randolph county residents can start carrying concealed firearms.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;We can&#8217;t pass any laws on the county that supersedes the state,&#8221; said Luehr. &#8220;So even if this passes on the county ballot, it doesn&#8217;t really mean anything.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As Mr. Fisk notes that even if the vote is advisory, it will put politicians on notice especially if it gets the expected high level of support.<\/p>\n<p>Randolph County is located south-east of St. Louis and is the only Illinois county that has parts of its territory on the western side of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnr.illinois.gov\/recreation\/wsrc\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Shooting and Recreational Complex<\/a> in Sparta.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kfvs12.com\/\" title=\"KFVS12 News \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KFVS12 News <\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The voters in Randolph County, Illinois will see a ballot measure dealing with concealed carry in November. 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