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, 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 ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
When John Woolman responded to a knock at the door of his Porter, Ind., home, a man threatened ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
NRA Life member Richard Willard awoke to the sounds of someone rummaging about his Woolwich, Maine, home. Armed ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
St. Louis, Mo., restauranteur Gus Kircher started carrying a gun in his restaurant after he was robbed of ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Entering his law office in Bangor, Maine, attorney Peter A. Anderson, an NRA Life member, found a burglar ...