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handle is hein.crs/crsmthmbdvr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~Congressional '.Research Service ~~Informing the legisative debat sin c e 1914 CRS INSIGHT Gun Control: Concealed Carry Legislation in the 115th Congress January 30, 2018 (IN10852) Related Author * Wi~lliam J Kmuse William J. Krouse, Specialist in Domestic Security and Crime Policy (wkrouse ccrs bc gay, 7-2225) On December 6, 2017, the House of Representatives passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (ILRE.a). The term concealed carry is commonly used to refer to state laws that allow an individual to carry a weapon-generally a handgun-on one's person in a concealed manner for the purposes of self-defense in public (outside one's home or fixed place of business). Federal law allows certain t and r rtird law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms interstate, irrespective of some state laws, but they must first be qualified and credentialed by their agencies of employment or from which they retired. For the most part, however, firearms carriage is a matter principally regulated by state law. Typically, there are o i s f vnle rry lavs: (1) shall issue, meaning permits are generally issued to all eligible applicants; and (2) may issue, which are more restrictive, meaning authorities enjoy a greater degree of discretion whether to issue permits to individuals. In 1987, concealed carry was generally prohibited in 16 states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories. Twenty-six states and two territories had may issue laws, and seven had shall issue laws. One state-Vermont-allowed permitless carry, meaning otherwise firearms-eligible individuals could carry without a permit. Over the past 31 years, state laws have shifted from prohibitive no issue or restrictive may issue laws to more permissive shall issue, or more recently, permitless laws (see

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