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Two proposals are on Monday's agenda of the Joint Committee on Judiciary and Public Policy:
1. Repeal of the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana.
2. Increase the number of law enforcement officers employed by local units of government in Indiana.
The interim legislative study committee should reject the first measure. But if it doesn't, committee members must approve the second. A recommendation for the General Assembly to eliminate the licensing requirement to carry a handgun puts Indiana law enforcement officers at increased risk. |
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“I feel this is a necessary tool to protect our officers on the streets, to have this licensing procedure[.]”
This red herring is a non sequitur.
The guns in dangerous hands are already out there, they always WILL be out there, and no permitting process affects that fact AT ALL.
Therefore, 'officer', either a person is going to try to shoot you or they aren't. Criminals will. Law-abiding folks will not. Since you wouldn't know who has a permit or not until after you stopped them and approached the vehicle, your safety doesn't depend on that permit, it depends on whether or not you've stopped a violent crook.
You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but you can't overcome that logic. |
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