Indiana police set as state handgun permit requirement ends

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Indiana police can no longer ask whether someone is legally carrying a gun or disarm them unless they can prove criminal intent: “Someone with an AR-15 can stand on a sidewalk looking at a school. We can't even ask what they're doing because of this law."

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Indiana police set as state handgun permit requirement ends
The repeal takes effect Friday.
6:26 PM · Jul 1, 2022

https://www.wdrb.com/news/indiana-police-set-as-state-handgun-permit-requirement-ends/article_954b388e-f8b7-11ec-9454-cba0f27e2f5c.html

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The repeal of Indiana's requirement for a permit to carry a handgun in public has forced police agencies to change how they handle encounters with armed people.

Republicans pushed the repeal, which takes effect Friday, through the state Legislature this spring over the vocal opposition of the state police superintendent and several statewide law enforcement groups. They argued that eliminating the permit system would endanger officers by stripping them of a screening tool for quickly identifying dangerous people who shouldn't have guns.

The change will allow anyone age 18 or older to carry a handgun in public except those with a felony conviction, who face a restraining order or have a dangerous mental illness. Supporters argue the permit requirement undermined Second Amendment protections by forcing law-abiding citizens to undergo police fingerprinting and background checks.

Without the permit requirement, police officers can no longer ask whether someone is legally carrying a handgun or seize a person's weapon unless they have adequate suspicion that person was involved in a crime, according to state police. The agency has been training its 1,200 troopers on the legal changes and providing information to the hundreds of police departments, state police spokesman Capt. Ron Galaviz said.

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[TigressDem]

1. Well, then officer, just shoot first and ask questions later. Plead your 2nd amendment rights ...

ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANYONE ELSE's.