Should Indiana adopt constitutional carry of handguns?

[myhightechsec]

C'mon, guys, we can push this newspaper poll way into the "yes" category.

POLL: Should Indiana adopt constitutional carry of handguns? | Opinion | newsandtribune.com

 

[chezuki]

Or, we could take the time we'd spend swaying a silly poll and use it productivity to contact our representatives and push them to vote our interests.

 

[Kurr]

BTW It's not "adopt" it's "revert back to"

 

[Trigger Time]

Or, we could take the time we'd spend swaying a silly poll and use it productivity to contact our representatives and push them to vote our interests.

I'll do that too, but I paused to vote

 

[Trigger Time]

Public perception is important

 

[SSGSAD]

I voted YES .....

People prohibited from carrying a handgun, would still legally not be allowed to do so .....

21.7% voted this way .....

46.7% voted YES .....

 

[Trigger Time]

I voted YES .....

People prohibited from carrying a handgun, would still legally not be allowed to do so .....

21.7% voted this way .....

46.7% voted YES .....

That's how I voted and I did so because I wanted people voting in that pole that didn't know that would now learn. Some won't care but some may.

 

[brotherbill3]

Bad Public Perception is killing us - ANY and EVERY effort to change that - is helpful. and needed.

Vote (from several devices) and Shared. via several souces / pages.

 

[Coach]

Voted.

 

[edporch]

By logic, if having to have a permit to exercise one constitutional right is good, then it would be even better to require a permit for ALL of them.

 

[Grump01]

Voted yes, illegal will still be illegal. Most will still obtain a license to be able to carry in reciprocal states, but won't feel forced to for in state carry.

 

[Expat]

Voted

 

[chezuki]

Public perception is important

Good point. I might have needed a Snickers when I initially posted.

Voted.

 

[Trigger Time]

Good point. I might have needed a Snickers when I initially posted.

Voted.

Yeah I always need a snickers

 

[NavyVet]

Indiana shouldn't even have a say in this. It is a Constitutional right after all....

 

[rhino]

Good point. I might have needed a Snickers when I initially posted.

Voted.

Which begs the question, to which third tier celebrity do you bear an uncanny resemblance when you're "hangry"?

 

[churchmouse]

We are getting clobbered.

After looking again it is actually going our way.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

BTW It's not "adopt" it's "revert back to"

Serious question, when was the last time you could carry in IN with no paperwork? I remember by granddad said he had to register his handguns (but not long guns) with the county sheriff, and that would have been sometime in the 1950's. I also have no idea if that was a county-by-county thing.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Serious question, when was the last time you could carry in IN with no paperwork? I remember by granddad said he had to register his handguns (but not long guns) with the county sheriff, and that would have been sometime in the 1950's. I also have no idea if that was a county-by-county thing.

1816: Statehood

1820: Indiana General Assembly prohibits carrying concealed weapons unless traveling or upon one's property

1935: Indiana adopts a section of the Uniform Firearms Act with requires a license to carry a handgun. Indiana rejects other portions of the Uniform Firearms Act and Uniform Revolver Act (permit to purchase, etc.). Indiana would later implement a minimum age of 16 to purchase handguns, although a note from your parents was often good enough in many cities. My father purchased his first handgun in the early '50s with a note from grandpa (Schmaltz's in Bloomington IIRC).

Many Indiana jurisdictions had voluntary registration programs, primarily for the "store gun" of the bank, hardware store, barber shop, etc.

 

[Sylvain]

I voted! Where's my sticker?

I don't understand what that "safety net" thing is all about.

No, I can't see any benefit ingetting rid of a safety net

I guess some naive people believe that criminals are prevented from carrying guns by not getting a state issued licence?