Illinois is about to become the last state in the union without some form of concealed carry law on the books (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/22/illinois-concealed-carry-_n_882055.html), after Wisconsin passed a concealed carry measure last week. Despite continued failures in Springfield, gun rights advocates in Illinois are not backing down--and now want to make the fight more local.On Thursday, three Illinois lawmakers held a news conference announcing legislation (http://ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=3794&GAID=11&GA=97&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=61925&SessionID=84) that would allow sheriffs in individual counties to issue gun permits after a county board approves the resident for concealed carry, the Pantagraph reports (http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_0f9a2772-9dc4-11e0-8d79-001cc4c002e0.html).More... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/illinois-concealed-carry-_n_884387.html)