Right to Carry Laws
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Shall Issue
State law that provides that, upon completion of specified requirements, a law-abiding person shall be granted a permit to carry concealed firearms. -
Discretionary/Reasonable Issue
State law that provides the government with some discretion over the issuance of a carry permit, but which generally grants permits to all law-abiding persons. -
No Permit Required
State law that allows individuals to carry concealed firearms for lawful purposes without a permit. -
Rights Restricted - Very Limited Issue
State law that gives the government complete discretion over the issuance of carry permits, and where that discretion is normally used to deny the issuance of permits. -
Rights Infringed/Non-Issue
State law that completely prohibits carrying firearms for personal protection outside the home or place of business.
Armed Citizen IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Friday, July 27, 2018
The New York Daily News announced this week that that it was cutting half of its newsroom staff in response to plummeting ...
Friday, July 27, 2018
Everybody knows you never go full semiautomatic. That is, except Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his anti-gun comrades. ...
Friday, July 27, 2018
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Gun control advocates undoubtedly awoke with a piercing headache Wednesday morning as the news sunk in that the ...
Friday, July 27, 2018
Last week in Mance v. Sessions, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied, by one ...
Monday, July 23, 2018
“How many of us,” KHOU’s Michelle Choi asked earlier this morning, “have showed up to our driveways late at ...
Friday, July 20, 2018
Gallup’s July survey found that the number of Americans who cited guns or gun control as the most important ...
Monday, July 16, 2018
A north Nashville woman told police she was forced to shoot her boyfriend after he attacked her children ...
Friday, July 13, 2018
On July 9, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) offered the following ham-handed statement in an attempted attack on President Donald Trump’s ...
Thursday, July 5, 2018
A mother shot a man who tried to steal her SUV while her two toddlers were still inside ...