Gun Control Doesn’t Work

Shall Issue Does

Passing Shall-Issue CCW in

Maryland could save about Mission Statement:
41 lives per year Maryland Shall Issue is an all volunteer, non-
partisan effort dedicated to the preservation and
advancement of all gun owners' rights in
• Over a 5 year period, from LOGO HERE???
2002 till 2007, Maryland
Maryland, with a primary goal of CCW reform to
averaged 539 murders per allow all law-abiding citizens the right to carry a
year
• States that enacted Shall
concealed weapon; and to the education of the
Issue CCW saw an average community to the awareness that 'shall issue' laws
7.65% decrease in murders have, in all cases, resulted in decreased rates of
• 7.65% of 539 is 41 lives
SAVED violent crime.

MARYLAND
SHALL ISSUE
The Citizens Defense League
Of Maryland

MSI
“Quotes can be a
successful addition.” Maryland Shall Issue Inc.
P.O. Box 314
Libertytown, MD 21762-0314
www.MarylandShallIssue.org
41 States have Shall Issue
CCW or Equivalent
36 States have Shall-Issue.
AK, AZ, AR, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS,
KY, LA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT,
NE, NV, NH, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK,
OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA,
WV, WY

VT is Unrestricted
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD
(meaning anyone can legally carry
concealed without a permit)
(AK is also an Unrestricted State, but also
issues permits on a Shall-Issue basis, to MSI is a grass roots organization and we are only
allow for reciprocity with other states) as strong as our members. We succeed based on
the actions of every individual working to secure
AL, CT, and IA technically and advance gun rights in the State of Maryland.
May-Issue, but in practice issue on a
Shall-Issue basis. There are various ways to get involved:

DE technically • Call, write, and visit your legislators, let

May-Issue, but honors non-resident
permits from Shall-Issue FL, making it
Shall-Issue in effect.
The 9 other states:
them know how you feel.
• Support candidates who will aide in the
pursuit of achieving the goal of Shall
Issue in MD NOTES
• Join MSI and participate in rally’s,
protests and community outreach events MSI dues are $10 per year

CA, MA, NY, and RI are May-Issue, and held during the year The membership year is Oct 1st to
Sep 30th. All memberships expire
do issue some permits.
Sep 30 of each year.

MD and NJ are May-Issue, and only

rarely issue permits.

HI is May-issue, but almost never issues

permits.

IL and WI are No-Issue. "There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a
bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone
except the bad guys."
-Charlton Heston