Springfield will be the site of one of two scheduled public hearings about gun legislation pending before lawmakers.
House Speaker Mike Madigan has scheduled one of those hearings for Tuesday, February 19th at the Statehouse.
The other will be held in Chicago later that week.
Madigan says he wants testimony from gun-rights and gun-control groups, and law enforcement, about a wide range of possible legislation, from an assault weapons ban to a concealed carry law.