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.
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Tuesday, September 1, 1981
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Tuesday, September 1, 1981
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Tuesday, September 1, 1981
John Ryan was getting into a car parked outside his Rochester, N.Y., home when a masked mugger jumped ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
James Sellers chased two men out of his Memphis, Tenn., grocery when he found they didn't have money ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Seeing a youth struggling down the street with a TV wrapped in a sheet, Glen Hendricks got suspicious ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Having just dozed off in a rear room of her Chassahowitzka, Fla., gas station, Gladys Huey was awakened ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
James Pedersen was in his Waverly, Fla., home when a burglar alarm attached to his father's house went ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Despite being beaten over the head by a "customer" in his Edmonds, Wash., jewelry store, Roy Bartell, 72, ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
A man wielding a sawed-off shotgun forced his way into William Elliot's East St. Louis, Mo., home and ...