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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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Friday, January 1, 1982
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Friday, January 1, 1982
A youthful burglar found himself diving through a plate-glass window when he tried to ransack the Cincinnati, Ohio, ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
When his wife told him a mental patient had escaped from the state hospital near his Fulton, Mo., ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
Thomas A. Garner bided his time after a kidnapper abducted him and a female companion at gunpoint and ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
A trio of teenaged purse-snatchers grabbed a women's purse at a Savannah, Ga., intersection and prepared to run ...
Friday, January 1, 1982
A trio of stocking-masked burglars broke into the Queens, N.Y., home of Stephen Rappel, and bound Rappel and ...
Tuesday, December 1, 1981
Kenneth Smith of Wheat Ridge, Colo., was awakened at 2:30 a.m. by the burglar alarm in his greenhouse. ...
Tuesday, December 1, 1981
Vertis Bost was awakened by a barking dog early one morning and found a burglar ransacking his West ...
Tuesday, December 1, 1981
Three ski-masked robbers lost their nerve and ran when restaurant manager Edmong Ng confronted them with a pistol ...
Tuesday, December 1, 1981
A robbery team of three men and two women burst into the Scottsdale, Ariz., home of William and ...