Table 1

States with right-to-carry (RTC), three-strikes and permit-to-purchase (PTP) laws with year of implementation†

Permissive RTC 17 law changesThree-strikes 24 law changesPTP 3 law changes
AlaskaiArkansasviConnecticutvi
ArizonaiCaliforniaiHawaii
FloridaiiColoradoiIllinois
IdahoiiiConnecticutiIowa
KentuckyivFloridaviMarylandxi
LouisianaivGeorgiaviMassachusetts
MississippiiiiIndianaiMichigan
MissourivKansasiMinnesota
NebraskaLouisianaiMissouri*
NevadaviMarylandi
New MexicoMontanaviNew Jersey
North CarolinaviNevadaviNew York
OhioviiNew JerseyviNorth Carolina
OklahomaviNew Mexicoi
South CarolinaivNorth Carolinai
TennesseeiNorth Dakotavi
TexasPennsylvaniavi
VermontSouth Carolinaiv
WashingtonTennesseei
West VirginiaviiiUtahvi
WisconsinxVermontvi
WyomingxVirginiai
Washingtonix
Wisconsini
  • †Unless otherwise noted, the laws were in effect across the entire study period,

  • Law was passed: i1994; ii1987; iii1990; iv1996; v2003; vi1995; vii2004; viii1989; ix1993; x2011; xi2013.

  • Law was repealed: *2007.