The tragic hypocrisy of "shall issue". [View all]

Walmart, the largest gun seller in the US will not sell a gun to anyone that can't pass the two minute NICS check fist time around. Walmart does not recognize the three day 'proceed' provision of the Brady background check law. The truth is that no gun dealer is required to sell a gun to anyone who passes the NICS background check. A dealer can refuse to sell for any reason or no reason at all.

BUT a local law enforcement officer MUST issue a concealed carry permit to anyone who passes the NICS check regardless of what that LEO knows about the applicant. A history public intoxication is not a disqualifier although it indicates a lack of personal responsibility, impulse control and is closely linked to gun violence. So even though the LEO has arrested the applicant repeatedly for PI the license still MUST be issued.

Such is the legacy of 'shall issue' laws pushed by the NRA and authored by ALEC.