Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires an individual to submit a certification of justifiable need to carry a handgun.

Highlights:

• Requires an individual to submit a written certification of justifiable need to carry a handgun (Sec. 1).

• Requires the individual to specify in detail the urgent necessity for self-protection, as evidenced by specific threats or previous attacks which demonstrate a special danger to the applicant’s life that cannot be avoided by means other than by issuance of a permit to carry a handgun (Sec. 1).

• Requires an individual to, where possible, corroborate the existence of threats or previous attacks by providing reports of the incidents to law enforcement (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires an individual to submit a certification of justifiable need to carry a handgun.

Highlights:

• Requires an individual to submit a written certification of justifiable need to carry a handgun (Sec. 1).

• Requires the individual to specify in detail the urgent necessity for self-protection, as evidenced by specific threats or previous attacks which demonstrate a special danger to the applicant’s life that cannot be avoided by means other than by issuance of a permit to carry a handgun (Sec. 1).

• Requires an individual to, where possible, corroborate the existence of threats or previous attacks by providing reports of the incidents to law enforcement (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text