Non-US Citizen Wanting To Buy A Handgun.

[fldquy157]

Dear all,

We just moved here from Australia July last year. Initially, we had no intention to buy a handgun. However, last night the people living just right next to us had an attempted break-in by a drug addict.

So, we are now seriously thinking of having something to protect us (rather to scare the guy away) from such an incident. Most of the times, we would keep the gun in the house except we might take it with us to a shooting range like probably 1-2 times a year.

By the way, we are looking at getting something like a 9mm Beretta 92FS pistol or just about anything that would look OK in the eye of the officer.

We would like to know if we can buy a hand gun in IN. We are in Columbus, Bartholomew County, IN. I would be the licensee (or if my wife is also allowed, we might both be). We have an IN driver license and are on a work visa.

We also would like to know what kind of license we would need to apply for as well. If carrying to a shooting range will make the application more difficult we might as well keep it at home for personal defence only.

Thank you very much in advance.

Best regards,
fld.