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
Armed Robbers Had Guns Pointed at His Chest, Then He Shot Back, Now California is Punishing Him
Friday, November 17, 2023
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
A would-be armed robber made the mistake of pulling a racetrack starting pistol on NRA member Walter Toepfer ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
A pair of thugs had been terrorizing senior citizens in her Niagara Falls, N.Y., neighborhood, so 72-year-old Mary ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Harvey Carpenter was asleep in the back of his Webster Springs, W.Va., store when he heard the sounds ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
When a stickup man pointed a pistol at Gail Davis and demanded the cash from her father's Wilcox, ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Bus driver Robert McCort was driving from Miami to Detroit when he saw two men and a woman ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Jerry Lewis of Gautier, Miss., was working the graveyard shift at a convenience store when three young hoodlums ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
A stickup artist asked Bobbie Fisher of Fresno, Calif., if she'd ever been held up, and pulled a ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
After two juveniles continually burglarized and vandalized her Sacramento, Calif., home for two years, Philippines immigrant Dee Yansenns ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
An unidentified Beaumont, Tex, man caught a pair of burglars stealing his television and stereo. When one burglar ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
Disabled World War II veteran George Sarver used the element of surprise to capture three burglars who had ...