Posted October 31, 2017 9:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

State Rep. Jim Lucas wants to eliminate the law requiring a lawful person to obtain a license to carry a firearm (Photo: Indiana House Republicans)
A study committee to consider whether Indiana should no longer require a license before you can carry a handgun in public issued its findings on Monday.
After a summer of meetings, the Joint Committee on Judiciary and Public Policy voted 15-5 in favor of urging the General Assembly to “remove hurdles that restrict the ability of law-abiding Hoosiers to exercise” their right to bear arms. While the panel urged keeping the current system of concealed carry permitting in place “for reciprocity purposes” it did not outright endorse permitless concealed carry. However, some on the panel see the recommendation as a victory.
“I believe it’s wrong to require a license to exercise a Constitutional right,” said state Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour who plans to introduce a measure next year to bring constitutional carry to the state. “The only people who would be affected by this would be those innocent people that currently have to fill out lengthy forms online, take time off work to get fingerprinted and pay a fee of up to $140 to get a card to

Source: Guns.com

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