Driving a car without a license is illegal and the only reason they don't stop you just to check and make sure you're licensed is because the supreme court has ruled that they cannot.I'm speaking to individuals WITH a license. We are not guilty of anything just for carrying WITH a license.
It's the same deal with the handgun - since it's inherently (according to Indiana law) illegal to have a firearm on you in a public place (i.e. somewhere you do not own or control) unless you're licensed - the officer does have reasonable suspicion to believe you're violating a law and, as such, can stop you to make sure you are not.
I would not hold your breath on the Supreme Court ruling similarly to handgun licenses as they have for automobile licenses.
At the end of the day, if you are stopped, you are guilty until you prove otherwise by presenting the License to Carry Handgun as that is how the law is codified. If you don't like it, well - neither do I. I don't think anybody with a LTCH likes the idea of being stopped just to make sure they're valid, we'd all much rather constitutional carry.
That is the problem - until the officer knows you are licensed (i.e. you present your license and/or otherwise verify it) then you are unlicensed as far as they know.I consider anyone carrying without LTCH to be guilty of a crime, so I think we are on the same page there. I assume that the sentence I highlighted in red was referring to individuals without a license, not those WITH a license.
I suppose you could always get some double-sided sticky tape and mount a laminated copy of your LTCH to the slide of your firearm to save some trouble?