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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Thursday, April 1, 1982
A would-be robber pulled a cap pistol on Hyannis, Mass., pharmacist John Deacy and demanded drugs. Deacy walked ...
Thursday, April 1, 1982
A car thief thought he'd found easy pickings as he started to drive away in Van Davis' pickup ...
Thursday, April 1, 1982
A pistol-packing burglar wasn't much concerned when he found seven-year-old Ricky Lopez alone inside his parents' Fayetteville, N.C., ...
Thursday, April 1, 1982
A ski-masked bandit leveled a sawed-off .410 shotgun at two female employees in Duane Lawrence's Edmond, Okla., pharmacy ...
Thursday, April 1, 1982
J.D. Tobin of Irvington, Ky., saw the back door of his grocery store standing open and decided to ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
John C. Fletcher was working in his Pewaukee, Wis., gun store when he heard a hamering on one ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
A pair of thugs started beating Woodrow Wilson Glanton of Newark, N.J.; they took his wallet, his money ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
When an armed robber pointed a .22 pistol at him and demanded money, Tulsa, Okla., liquor store owner ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
An armed robber pointed a pistol at Hamilton, Ohio, grocer William Hieb and demanded cash. As the criminal ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
Retired postal clerk Clark Goodwin, 68, saw a pair of men leave his next-door neighbor's house and try ...