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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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Sunday, November 1, 1981

The Dispatch, St. Paul, MN, 8/21/81

When he heard the sounds of forcible entry at his family's St. Paul, Minn., home, 11-year-old Craig Tschida ...

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Sunday, November 1, 1981

The News, Detroit, MI, 6/27/81

Mary Markham was willing to hand over cash to two criminals who burst into her Mount Clemens, Mich., ...

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Sunday, November 1, 1981

The Community Journal, Clermont Co., OH, 8/28/81

A Union Township, Ohio, housebreaker got a humiliating shock as he tried to exit the home of 14-year-old ...

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Sunday, November 1, 1981

The State Journal and Register, Springfield, IL, 8/20/81

Thelma Kouba, 85, suffering from shock, had to be removed from her home by ambulance, after a neighbor's ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, MO, 7/22/81

Lester Frierson was in the rear of the North St. Louis, Mo., restaurant he manages when he noticed ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Herald-Zeitung, New Braunfels, TX, 6/23/81

A pair of youthful burglars were loading their car full of frozen meat from Arvil and Geri Hodges' ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR

After her Little Rock, Ark., home had been repeatedly burglarized, a policeman suggested to Wilma Fay Donley that ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Daily News, Amarillo, TX, 6/31/81

Nita Clemons, 72, of Amarillo, Tex., awoke to find an assailant reaching through her bedroom window to pull ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The News-Democrat, Belleville, IL, 7/28/81

A husband-and-wife robbery team broke into Jessie Hudson's Lebanon, Mo., home, and the male criminal assaulted the 68-year-old ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, 8/1/81

A pair of hoodlums invaded William Baney's Salem, Oreg., home and demanded loot. As one criminal held a ...

NRA ILA

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.