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Several instances documented by members right here on INGO.
+1 ... though I do not remember the name of the Sheriff Dept Lieutenant that stopped me on my Bicycle Ride w/ my wife ... 2011/2012 ...
Several instances documented by members right here on INGO.
As things currently stand in Indiana, if an officer checks the validity of your driver's license, a flag on the report indicates whether or not you are an LTCH holder. That's probably the fastest way for an officer to know.
States rights? 10th Amendment? I believe that the states have agreed that a driver's license is valid in all 50 states for purposes of interstate commerce (which the Federal government is permitted to regulate per the Constitution). Not sure what the argument is about the interstate validity of marriage licenses (I'm not entirely sure that we need marriage licenses...but we do need legal registration of marriages which the license provides). The issue here is whether or not permission to carry a handgun is a Federal issue or a state issue. And, that seems to be the core of the argument against Indiana's LTCH. Since carrying a handgun is a right granted by the 2A and is otherwise regulated by the Federal government, what, exactly, are the states accomplishing by further regulating it?
...Everyone loves to b***h about taxes, but I don't hear anyone coming up with a better way to provide for that upkeep.
Better ways than the State monopoly? You're either joking or you haven't looked.
Google "Who will build the roads?" and delight yourself with the enormity of enlightenment to follow.
Ehhh.. Not necessarily. Ron Paul was given a donation by a group of "skinheads", a la Aryan Nation (I don't know and am not in the mood to look up if it was that specific group, but it doesn't much matter) He accepted the donation, but made clear that they would not have his ear because of it. In short, he said he was keeping it because their money spends just like everyone else's and if they gave it to him, they didn't have it to give to someone who might be inclined to listen to them and give them some part of what they wanted. In addition, $500 to an individual and $2000 to the whole caucus is nothing, a micro-drop in the bucket, to Bloomberg. He vowed to spend $50 million in the 2014 election, did so, and still only gained a very few positions, despite outspending the NRA's total donations personally. I've not looked, but I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that he spent more than he spent on the GOP, maybe an order of magnitude more, on the Democratic caucus, in the hopes they would possibly take back one of the houses of the legislature, or even the Governor's mansion.
Fair question, and I didn't mean to come across as pedantic, I'm sorry if I did. We as a society might have accepted that federal encroachment upon territory they have no authority to enter, but some of us individually have not accepted that at all. (though I think it's fair to say no one is going to admit to violating those laws, if they do.) Be that as it may, that's not your point. As to why Indiana specifically, but the several states generally regulate what the fedgov also regulates, I don't know. We do it in re: firearms in the secure/"sterile" area of airports, we have done it in re: SBS and machine guns, and we do it in re: GFSZA, though not to the distance the fed extends to include. I'm sure there are other places as well, unrelated to firearms.
Perhaps the reasoning is that it is a revenue stream. That would make sense, as $125/license x 15% of the population licensed is one hell of a chunk of change. One method I suggested to Mr. Lucas recently was that Indiana could open the availability of the Lifetime LTCH/reciprocity license/whatever to those who live elsewhere, such as Utah, Arizona, and Florida do. There is no reason I can think of why we shouldn't cash in on that revenue that presently is paid only to those few states that offer non-resident licenses without strict limitation. My thought was that those funds would possibly replace or even exceed what we pay in each year. Now that I think about it more, it is possible we don't offer that for the same reason that our LTCH has for years not been accepted in lieu of a NICS check: ISP does not check federal records or those of other states, only someone's Indiana criminal history. Perhaps with fewer licenses to check, they could return to that practice, open it up to those living elsewhere, and replace or exceed the funds presently paid by us.
I have yet to receive an answer on this question from Rep. Lucas, however in fairness, he IS in the middle of the legislative session, my question/suggestion is of an appropriately very low priority, and he has many irons in the fire right now. It is my hope that he either has plans in place to include this suggestion or will see it from me and pass it along to Senators Messmer and Freeman, and remove LE concerns regarding funding.
Blessings,
Bill
According to this report, there were 776,500 active Indiana LTCH's at the end of 2016. If all of them are lifetime licenses, and I suspect they aren't, then $125 x 776,500 = approx $97 million. But, if those are all lifetime licenses, that's a one-time, non-recurring payment. There were 661,364 licenses at the end of 2015, so that's a growth of approx 115,000 in a contentious election year. $125 x 115,000 is an annual revenue stream of approx $14 million assuming lifetime permits continue to be issued at a high rate. But, the state doesn't get all of that $125. $50 goes to the local jurisdiction. And, that right there, may be why the ISA does not support this legislation. The sheriffs know that it would hurt their local revenue streams.
So, at the risk of getting tarred and feathered by the entire populace of INGO, what about replacing the LTCH fee with a special firearms sales tax to be collected at retail?
OK. The "thank you sir, may I please have another" line from the hazing scene in Animal House comes to mind.
As for Rep. Lucas, I started following him on Facebook. He, along with just about every other state legislator, is getting hammered over the proposed new gasoline and vehicle excise taxes to help pay for highway maintenance and construction. Republicans proposing new taxes and Democrats fighting the proposal? Cats and dogs living together? We live in interesting times.
Wait - is the part about getting money from Everytown true? That would be disconcerting.Meanwhile NAGR is publishing this: "As if it couldn’t get any worse for State Rep. Jim Lucas, documents have just been discovered showing that House Speaker Brian Bosma and the House Republican Campaign Committee received contributions from Michael Bloomberg’s radical anti-gun group “Everytown for Gun Safety.” Lucas has the audacity to claim that Speaker Bosma is working to pass Constitutional Carry, even though he has killed it year after year. And now it is abundantly clear why Constitutional Carry hasn’t moved an inch. Just like Judas, House Speaker Bosma was bought off for mere shillings to kill off your gun rights, and Jim Lucas is giving him cover"
Good grief.
Hmmm... this is kinda funny.T, I honestly don't know. Either way nothing good comes from this. Either it's true, but they're unaware (pretty low dollar contributions), or it's fake and NAGR is hurting the cause beyond measure.
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Yes. It's true. That was addressed on Guy's show. In short, that donation was donated to charity rather than being returned, because giving it back would jus allow those funds to be used for undesired pruposes.
Gotcha. I need XFM in my truck so I can get Guy's show. So...NAGR is just making things worse. Or am I over simplifying?
HB 1159:
Ding-dong, the bill is dead! Wicked old bill? The wicked bill
Ding-dong, the wicked SLOPPY bill is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HeHe!!
If your rep is Dvorak, Forestal, Goodin, Hatfield, Klinker, Macer, Moed, Moseley, J. Taylor, or Wright, you are represented by a Democrat who voted to pass HB 1071.
.HB 1159:
Ding-dong, the bill is dead! Wicked old bill? The wicked bill
Ding-dong, the wicked SLOPPY bill is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HeHe!!
HB 1159:
Ding-dong, the bill is dead! Wicked old bill? The wicked bill
Ding-dong, the wicked SLOPPY bill is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HeHe!!
HB 1159:
Ding-dong, the bill is dead! Wicked old bill? The wicked bill
Ding-dong, the wicked SLOPPY bill is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HeHe!!