By Paul Czapkowicz - Times Correspondent
LANSING | Roughly 250 supporters of the Second Amendment gathered Thursday at the Serbian Social Center for a town hall meeting to build support for legislation that would allow Illinois residents to carry firearms.
"Illinois is the last and only state that has no provision whatsoever for carrying a firearm for personal protection," said Valinda Rowe, spokesperson for IllinoisCarry.com. "Forty-nine states are not wrong on this. What is completely legal all across the rest of this nation is considered a felony here in Illinois."
Rowe joined a panel that included retired Chicago police officers, a college instructor and representatives from the Illinois State Rifle Association and Second Amendment Sisters Inc.
All spoke in support of allowing Illinoisans to carry firearms for protection.
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was a popular target of criticism by the panel in discussion of Chicago's ban on handgun ownership.
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