INDIANAPOLIS -- While a summer study committee offered a tepid endorsement Monday of removing what is described as gun licensing “hurdles,” the Hoosiers who wrote letters to the committee advocated a very different outcome.
The Joint Committee on Judiciary and Public Policy has been examining a proposal by state Rep. Jim Lucas (R-Seymour) that would revoke the requirement for Hoosiers to be licensed before carrying a handgun.
Lucas, who has advocated for medical marijuana in the past and, most recently, released a draft bill that would require journalists to be licensed – to make, he says, a point about the absurdity of licensing the 2nd Amendment – is opposed by law enforcement groups in this measure, but found at least some support with the committee, which voted 15-5 on Monday to support removing licensing “hurdles.”
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As part of Monday’s hearing, seven new pages of letters from concerned citizens were entered into the public record, including one from Hoosier Honor Flight founder Colonel John W. Tilford.
Tilford, a Marine Corps veteran, said he is opposed to making handguns easier to get – a sentiment echoed in all of the letters the committee received.
Another letter pointed out that the license requirement means people wanting to legally carrying a handgun have to pass a criminal background check before doing so.
Below, find copies of all of the letters the committee received for its final meeting:
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