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Right to Carry Laws

  • 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.
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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Tribune, Tampa, FL

Connie Albritton had been robbed five times in one year, and had decided that she wasn't going to ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Herald-American, Boston, MA

Kahlil Gibran was seeing two guests out the front door of his Boston home when he decided to ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO

Edward Martin started to get nervous when a customer began to fidget and move to the center of ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Tribune, Oakland, CA

The instincts gained from enduring five robberies in 10 years told Louis Anderson that something was wrong when ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Star, Indianapolis, IN

Joseph Hodson, 73, was reading a newspaper in his rocking chair when a young robber entered his Indianapolis, ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Herald, Miami, FL

Steven and Marion Winn were stopped at a Miami, Fla., traffic light when an elderly woman in the ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Union, Sacramento, CA

Minnie Storer and her husband, both 77, returned to their Sacramento, Calif., trailer home one evening to find ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Mercury, San Jose, CA

Liem Nguyen, formerly of the South Vietnamese army, made use of his training when he saw a strongarm ...

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Monday, February 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 10/7/91

When one of the two men robbing his Ridgewood, N.Y., jewelry store was briefly distracted, William Zelnick grabbed ...

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Monday, February 1, 1982

The Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, 10/27/81

Charles Holcomb, 73, thought his Stanton, Calif., gun shop "was coming in around my head" when two men ...

NRA ILA

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.