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    "title": "A civil rights victory as Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2013-07-10 03:58:09 UTC",
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        "2013-07-10 03:58:09 UTC"
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>The last holdout on allowing the public possession of concealed guns, Illinois joined the rest of the nation Tuesday as lawmakers raced to beat a federal court deadline in adopting a carry law over Gov. Pat Quinn's objections.</p>\n<p>Massive majorities in the House and Senate voted to override changes the Democratic governor made just a week ago in an amendatory veto.</p>\n<p>Some lawmakers feared failure to pass something would mean virtually unregulated weapons in Chicago, which has endured severe gun violence in recent months -- including more than 70 shootings, at least 12 of them fatal, during the Independence Day weekend.</p>\n<p>\"This is a historic, significant day for law-abiding gun owners,\" said Rep. Brandon Phelps, a southern Illinois Democrat who, in 10 years in the House, has continued work on concealed carry begun by his uncle, ex-Rep. David Phelps, who began serving in the mid-1980s. \"They finally get to exercise their Second Amendment rights.\"</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lawmakers-poised-override-quinns-gun-bill\">Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law</a>.</p>\n"
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