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IN: Legislators Consider Constitutional Carry for Hoosiers
Submitted by: David Williamson
Website: http://libertyparkpress.com

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A push to allow Hoosiers to carry handguns without a license was the focus of a nearly five-hour committee hearing at the statehouse Tuesday. "Constitutional carry" is based on the idea that the Second Amendment already gives people the right to carry a handgun, so additional steps such as licensing are unnecessary. State representative Jim Lucas (R-District 69) authored a bill during the last legislative session to repeal the law that requires Hoosiers to have a gun permit. The bill was sent to committee for further discussion.

Comment by: PHORTO (8/23/2017)

Re: Constitutional carry is based on the idea that the Second Amendment already gives people the right to carry a handgun, so additional steps such as licensing are unnecessary.

This is a misstatement of fact. The principle is that the Second Amendment codifies a preexisting right, and exists to prohibit the government from restricting it.

Re: I would just plea, as a member of a community, that individual rights need to be balanced against rights of the community, said Rachel Guglielmo.

We know of no other enumerated constitutional right whose core protection has been subjected to a freestanding interest-balancing approach. The very enumeration of the right takes [it] out of the hands of government[.] D.C. v. Heller (2008)