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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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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 10/27/81

J.W. Thomas, 82, emerged from his sickroom with a 12-ga. shotgun after he heard screaming inside his Shelby, ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Northwest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 9/16/81

A youthful burglar found himself diving through a plate-glass window when he tried to ransack the Cincinnati, Ohio, ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Daily Tribune, Columbia, MO, 9/29/81

When his wife told him a mental patient had escaped from the state hospital near his Fulton, Mo., ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Daily News, Dayton, OH, 10/25/81

Thomas A. Garner bided his time after a kidnapper abducted him and a female companion at gunpoint and ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The News, Savannah, GA, 9/15/81

A trio of teenaged purse-snatchers grabbed a women's purse at a Savannah, Ga., intersection and prepared to run ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 10/3/81

A trio of stocking-masked burglars broke into the Queens, N.Y., home of Stephen Rappel, and bound Rappel and ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, 9/16/81

Kenneth Smith of Wheat Ridge, Colo., was awakened at 2:30 a.m. by the burglar alarm in his greenhouse. ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Sun, Baltimore, MD, 8/21/91

Vertis Bost was awakened by a barking dog early one morning and found a burglar ransacking his West ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Times, Contra Costa, CA, 8/13/81

Three ski-masked robbers lost their nerve and ran when restaurant manager Edmong Ng confronted them with a pistol ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Republic, Phoenix, Ariz., 8/24/81

A robbery team of three men and two women burst into the Scottsdale, Ariz., home of William and ...

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.