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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Thursday, January 1, 1981
Eleven-year-old Jeffery Seyfert was alone in his Danville, Ill., home when a stranger knocked at the front door, ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
A female clerk in a Duncan, Okla., liquor store was changing a $5 bill when her customer suddenly ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Seeing a man peeping in the window of a basement-level apartment shared by two young Ft. Collins, Colo., ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Jacksonville, Fla., residents J.B. and Opal Evans were asleep in their pickup camper parked in front of relatives' ...
Wednesday, November 1, 1967
Charles Bradbury, of Miami, Fla., visiting in New Orleans, was thrown to the sidewalk by a man who ...
Thursday, July 1, 1965
When Jacksonville, Fla., storekeeper Homer Thomas was confronted by an armed man who said, "Give me what you've ...
Monday, August 1, 1960
Joseph A. Marino had just left his New Orleans pharmacy and gotten in his automobile when a thug ...
Monday, September 1, 1958
When grocery-store-owner George Crawford, Stockton, Calif., was ordered by an armed bandit to "hand over the money," Crawford ...
