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, February 1, 1982
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Monday, February 1, 1982
Israel Matos tried to remain calm as a trio of armed robbers ransacked his E. Harlem, N.Y., grocery. ...
Monday, February 1, 1982
Air Force S/Sgt. Lee Trennel saw a burglar ransacking the apartment of his neighbor, an Air Force nurse, ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
Navy veteran Ernest Regneri made good use of his Shore Patrol experience when a burglar broke into his ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
K.G. Lane and Martin Higdon were elk hunting near Westcliffe, Colo., when one of their horses spooked. The ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
Hugh Wade saw a man try to rob a pair of young women on a Detroit street and ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
A pair of burglars cut the telephone lines to 65-year-old Francis Pullin's Oak Cliff, Tex., home but hadn't ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
Victor Kaufman never used his service revolver during a 24-year career as a New York City policeman. But ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
A murder suspect was making his escape from the scene of a robbery when he passed the Akron, ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
A pair of young criminals escaped from the Indiana Boys School and went on a spree of car ...