Constitutional Carry bill filed in Indiana

[Bobby]

Bill would repeal state law requiring license to carry a handgun

 

[MCgrease08]

Good.

And the hand-wringing and pearl clutching has already started with the Indy Star's biggest anti-gun writer.

 

[voidsherpa]

What chance does this have to pass?

 

[KG1]

Good.

And the hand-wringing and pearl clutching has already started with the Indy Star's biggest anti-gun writer.

#ohmygoodness

 

[lonehoosier]

Also here's a good thread to subscribe too.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...mendment/390085-2016-legislative-session.html

 

[chipbennett]

Also here's a good thread to subscribe too.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...mendment/390085-2016-legislative-session.html

I see what you did, there.

 

[K_W]

What chance does this have to pass?

Fairly good chance, it had great support last year before they decided they would refocus on other issues.

 

[trucker777]

Awesome! Thanks

 

[Kirk Freeman]

What chance does this have to pass?

This is our time. They need us, supermajority intact.

The iron is hot, we need to strike.

Write and call.

 

[SteveM4A1]

This is our time. They need us, supermajority intact.

The iron is hot, we need to strike.

Write and call.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY WORK! They should just know what I want...

 

[Bill of Rights]

I have just read the bill. (there was an issue publishing the bills on the state website, but the info is available, just takes some looking)

I'm ambivalent. Overall, it's a good thing, and yes, I do support it as well as HB 1055 (the Constitutional Carry bill is HB 1056)

My concerns include but are not limited to the fact that they are repealing the law requiring a LTCH, but are instituting a Firearms Reciprocity License, which we would have to pay to obtain if we wished to carry in other states. The cost of the FRL would be $40 for the Lifetime, if one already has a LTCH. I would favor the LTCH remaining the form issued by the state, since that's what everyone has, and just remove the requirement to be issued one.

I am certain that Mr. Lucas had a reason for writing it this way. My guess would be that it makes it palatable to those looking to continue a revenue stream to the state once the LTCH goes away. This is, however, only guesswork- I've not spoken with any source at the State House on the topic.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[jwh20]

If Tully is against it then it must be a good thing. He's a leftist-liberal hack and is the primary reason why I stopped getting the Star. If there was a companion bill to require a license to vote, I wonder if Mr. Tully would be in favor of that? Or perhaps a state-issued license to write crap for the newspaper?

Tully and other liberal-leftists promote SELECTIVE CIVIL RIGHTS! Only the rights THEY think should be rights are acceptable and anything else needs to be eliminated.

 

[cbhausen]

So the Lifetime LTCH might be going away after all?

 

[87iroc]

I'll write. I'd be really curious to know why it was written the way it is about revoking the LTCH. Maybe that other one requires training to help get more reciprocity?

 

[Dosproduction]

Couple of questions for the law knowers. If tomorrow they banned carrying guns would the lifetime carry LTCH grandfather you in? And if so I think I would prefer this. If they passed constitutional carry but then a couple of years later banned it you would not have your proof of lifetime carry that the previous card gave you. Do you get what I mean that sounds all messed up.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

If tomorrow they banned carrying guns would the lifetime carry LTCH grandfather you in?

Well, I'll tell you what I tell everyone, if I knew the future I'd be a stockbroker.

But, it really depends on how such a statute is written.

If they passed constitutional carry but then a couple of years later banned it you would not have your proof of lifetime carry that the previous card gave you.

Depends on how the statute is written. Maybe yes, maybe no.

 

[chipbennett]

Couple of questions for the law knowers. If tomorrow they banned carrying guns would the lifetime carry LTCH grandfather you in? And if so I think I would prefer this. If they passed constitutional carry but then a couple of years later banned it you would not have your proof of lifetime carry that the previous card gave you. Do you get what I mean that sounds all messed up.

I don't really understand this concern, because that's exactly the status quo. The right to bear arms is explicitly protected in the federal and Indiana constitutions, and yet Indiana has a statute that criminalizes the carry of handguns. The LTCH is merely an affirmative defense to committing the crime of carrying a handgun.

 

[bwframe]

Abdul just reported on a WIBC radio show that the speaker of the IN house was asked about the new proposed bills on Indiana gun laws. The speaker said he thought Indiana laws were just fine as they are.

 

[traderdan]

If we could bring old Tom Jefferson back from the dead...Would he pay for the "right" to do what the Second Amendment says he can do??

 

[chipbennett]

Abdul just reported on a WIBC radio show that the speaker of the IN house was asked about the new proposed bills on Indiana gun laws. The speaker said he thought Indiana laws were just fine as they are.

Sounds like the same crap stance he took in the previous session.

Hey, speaker: I thought that the RFRA statutes as originally passed were just fine as they were, too. But you let a vocal minority of bullies force you to change them. So, how about listening to a far larger plurality of your constituents regarding the unconstitutional criminalization of carrying handguns?