Indiana House votes to eliminate license to carry handguns
BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 9 months ago
Despite opposition from State Police, the Indiana House on Monday voted to eliminate the license to carry a handgun in Indiana.
House Bill 1369 passed the House by a 65-31 vote and now heads to the Senate, where its already picked up key endorsements. Under the legislation, sometimes called “constitutional carry,” certain offenders still could be prohibited from carrying handguns.
The bill would eliminate the license in March 2022. The licenses raise $5.3 million per year to train law enforcement officers, a tab that taxpayers would at least partially have to pick up.
Opponents worry the bill would make police officers and the general public less safe, but advocates say law abiding citizens should not have to pay for a right guaranteed to them by the Constitution.
It’s a trend in free states!
So now it’s teed up for the Senate. Don’t the let state down!
Hey Alabama Senate – the Indiana House approved it just like the Alabama House. It’s clearly supported by the people. Who will be first, the Indiana senate or the Alabama senate?
Hey South Carolina – aren’t you ashamed now that all you could muster in the last session was open carry (which never should have taken this long to undo)? Why not constitutional carry?
On February 24, 2022 at 11:09 am, Ned said:
Meanwhile, in Florida, crickets on constitutional carry. Except governor DeSantis is onboard with continuing to protect hospitals from litigation – as long as they follow CDC guidelines and give you remidisver and deny you ivermectin.
On February 24, 2022 at 9:53 pm, X said:
“Despite opposition from State Police,” the PEOPLE’S House actually voted to follow the precise wording (keep AND BEAR”) of the Constitution.
Cops are not your friends. They are not interested in upholding your rights — even if those rights are spelled out in black-letter law.
They are hired goons whose primary interests are maintaining their own powers, ensuring that they have greater power than you do, and enriching themselves at your expense.
On February 25, 2022 at 3:37 pm, Scott said:
Just a follow up to this: the spineless republicans in the senate judiciary committee, collaborated with the the democrats and completely gutted the content of the bill and replaced it with language that changes nothing in the current licensing scheme. Sen. Liz Brown, ostensibly a republican, oversaw the rape of this bill. Interestingly enough, it was her own bill. Last session she killed constitutional carry, and she got an earful from her voters. This year, she helped author the bill so she could tell her voters she loves the 2a, then destroyed it in committee, hoping her voters were too stupid to notice that she killed it again.
On February 25, 2022 at 3:54 pm, Herschel Smith said:
Yep.
https://twitter.com/brandonjsmith5/status/1496659183290449920
Make her pay.