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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Monday, March 1, 1982
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Monday, March 1, 1982
Edward Martin started to get nervous when a customer began to fidget and move to the center of ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
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Monday, March 1, 1982
Joseph Hodson, 73, was reading a newspaper in his rocking chair when a young robber entered his Indianapolis, ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
Steven and Marion Winn were stopped at a Miami, Fla., traffic light when an elderly woman in the ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
Minnie Storer and her husband, both 77, returned to their Sacramento, Calif., trailer home one evening to find ...
Monday, March 1, 1982
Liem Nguyen, formerly of the South Vietnamese army, made use of his training when he saw a strongarm ...
Monday, February 1, 1982
When one of the two men robbing his Ridgewood, N.Y., jewelry store was briefly distracted, William Zelnick grabbed ...
Monday, February 1, 1982
Charles Holcomb, 73, thought his Stanton, Calif., gun shop "was coming in around my head" when two men ...