Right to Carry Laws
-
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
Red state's NRA-backed bill to allow armed teachers in classroom one step closer to passage
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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 ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
George Rayburn and his son were listening to a police scanner radio in their River Rouge, Mich., home ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
An armed robber's momentary lapse of attention gave Meridian, Miss., grocer Joe Hlinak just enough time to grab ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
A quintet of youthful extortionists threatened Council Bluff, Iowa, motel owner Rex Nelson with a tire tool and ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
A Mississippi prison parolee intent on burglary broke into the Prichard, Ala., home of Harry Thompson only to ...