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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Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Upon returning home from work, Charles Wilkerson heard a prowler upstairs in his Springfield, Ohio, house. Wilkerson got ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Gladys Kastensmith, 77, was awakened by the sounds of someone trying to break into her Phoenix, Ariz., home. ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Seeing a man carrying a purse run across a nearby yard, Kenneth Luigs went to investigate and found ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Three men entered a Macon, Ga., restaurant, and one pointed a sawed-off rifle at proprietor Archie McBride and ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Awakened by noises coming over the intercom burglary system he rigged up between his house and his Murray, ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Robert Green was inside the camper parked in his Wichita Falls, Tex., driveway when he spotted a man ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Larry Womack was inside his Austin, Tex., service station when he heard screams coming from behind a nearby ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Donna Stotts, a janitor at an Oklahoma City church, arrived at 3 a.m. to clean floors when she ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
A man entered Irv Huppin's Portland, Oreg., pharmacy, displayed a handgun, and threw a bag on the counter, ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Brian Berg arrived at his Racine, Wis., home to hear glass breaking in a rear hallway. Seeing an ...