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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Sunday, March 1, 1981
Karla Jenson, 19, was driving down an isolated New Mexico highway when a man forced her off the ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Norma and Eduardo Ortega returned to their Miami, Fla., home to find two burglars ransacking their belongings. One ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Forced by an armed robber to kneel on the floor at the rear of his Phoenix, Ariz., pharmacy ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Three armed men entered a Santa Barbara, Calif., jewelry store, ordered manager Steven Brooks and two customers to ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Alone at home while her husband was elk hunting, Doris Walls shot a 33-year-old who she said broke ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Two deer hunters taking target practice about six miles from the Montana State Prison recently apprehended three escaped ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Three 16-year-olds entered the tiny Towers Book and Card shop operated by 68-year-old Murray Elpern and his wife ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Atlanta, Ga., jeweler Bob Jordan, working at his repair bench, looked up to see two men holding guns ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Jim Gardner was asleep in his Wixom, Mich., apartment when he heard a knock at the door. Finding ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
An unidentified woman clad only in panties heard a glass door shatter in her suburban Cincinnati home. Picking ...