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So- called shall-issue states, where authorities have little discretion over permits and thus "shall issue" them to anyone who meets the criteria, would become the new norm.
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Iowa mostly had a fair system, which has been improved by the new shall-issue process.
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According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2009, the latest year for which firm data are available, the commonwealth of Virginia, which permits law-abiding adults to openly carry firearms and has a shall-issue system for concealed-handgun permits, had a rate of 226.8 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.
Two states, two approaches to guns Lovettsville James Morris 2011
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Oho, so he was a cog in the great shall-issue CA machine?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Changes in the Gun Culture over the last 25 years 2010
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If you are trying to argue on this site that shall-issue is the better policy, you are preaching to the choir.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit Due Process Victory for Connecticut Carry Permit Holders 2010
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LarryA: Iowa mostly had a fair system, which has been improved by the new shall-issue process.
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Perhaps this exposes their real concern about the open carry movement - that it eventually will cause a surge in public concern about the far more prevalent concealed carrying of guns made possible by the gun lobby-supported "shall-issue" laws passed in most states during the last two decades making it far easier to obtain licenses to carry concealed weapons.
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If I am not mistaken the same irrational situations as well as other "High Noon" - style shootings were portrayed by the anti-gunners before the state of Oregon and Florida passed CCW shall-issue legislations in late '80s and early' 90s.
The F-Team 2008
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If you are trying to argue on this site that shall-issue is the better policy, you are preaching to the choir.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit Due Process Victory for Connecticut Carry Permit Holders 2010
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The evidence is overwhelming that the "shall-issue" concealed carry laws have been a disaster for public safety.
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