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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Friday, November 17, 2023
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Hearing strange noises coming from the enclosed swimming pool attached to his Westport, Conn., house, Arnold Kaye got ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
After being presented with his order of tacos and Cokes, the customer pulled a pistol and suggested that ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
After robbing a New Orleans, La., drugstore, a gunman made his escape by bus, not realizing that store ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
A would-be burglar broke a basement window and crawled into the Canton, Ohio, home of Ruth Fletcher only ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Eleven-year-old Jeffery Seyfert was alone in his Danville, Ill., home when a stranger knocked at the front door, ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
A female clerk in a Duncan, Okla., liquor store was changing a $5 bill when her customer suddenly ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Seeing a man peeping in the window of a basement-level apartment shared by two young Ft. Collins, Colo., ...
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Jacksonville, Fla., residents J.B. and Opal Evans were asleep in their pickup camper parked in front of relatives' ...
Wednesday, November 1, 1967
Charles Bradbury, of Miami, Fla., visiting in New Orleans, was thrown to the sidewalk by a man who ...
Thursday, July 1, 1965
When Jacksonville, Fla., storekeeper Homer Thomas was confronted by an armed man who said, "Give me what you've ...
