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
Massachusetts man, 65, clings to hood of SUV on turnpike in suspected road-rage incident
Monday, January 28, 2019
Wednesday, March 1, 1961
An ex-convict entered a St. Louis dry goods store, struck owner Clarence E. Skala on the head with ...
Wednesday, February 1, 1961
A Sing Sing parolee with a prison record dating from 1940 invaded the Brooklyn pharmacy of Joseph Longo, ...
Wednesday, February 1, 1961
Van F. Sims, who lives in a Kansas City, Kans., apartment next to a dry cleaning shop, awoke ...
Wednesday, February 1, 1961
Orval Stoner closed his Charlestown, Ind., gas station and headed for his car with the day's receipts. Hiding ...
Wednesday, February 1, 1961
Delicatessen owner Stanley Wasik snatched his cal. .38 revolver from under the counter and shot two bandits who ...
Wednesday, February 1, 1961
In Troy, Mont., when the burglar alarm sounded in his store next door to his home, Les Coffman ...
Sunday, January 1, 1961
Harry Shrago stood just outside the door of his Omaha grocery and heard daughter Florence shriek from inside ...
Sunday, January 1, 1961
Stan Baker went to the rear of his Seattle gun store to get a box for the rifle ...
Sunday, January 1, 1961
When two holdup men entered a pawnshop outside Ft. Campbell, Ky., proprietor Andrew F. King told the one ...
Sunday, January 1, 1961
Near Jefferson City, Mo., 16-year-old Judy Nolte, alone with three younger Nolte children, grabbed a double-barrel shotgun and, ...