Posted on 03/24/2022 4:44:32 AM PDT by marktwain
On Monday, March 21, 2022, at about 3 p.m., Indiana Governor Holcomb signed the Constitutional Carry bill, HEA 1296 into law. From Fox59.com:
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has signed House Bill 1296 into law which repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. The governor also vetoed a bill that would have barred transgender girls from playing girls’ sports.
Indiana Second Amendment activists have been working hard to pass a Constitutional Carry bill. This year, they overcame several hurdles put in place by Republicans hostile to the bill. The bill was eventually passed by the legislature, using parliamentary procedures to bypass a hostile committee chief.
The bill passed with substantial majorities in the House and the Senate. In the House, the vote was 68 to 30. In the Senate, the vote was 30 to 20.
Police opinion on the bill was divided. Governor Holcomb’s appointed State Police Chief testified against the bill, alienating many when he said everyone needed to be proved innocent.
It was rumored Governor Holcomb had worked to have the bill killed in the legislature, so he would not have to face the decision to sign or veto the bill or allow it to become law without his signature.
With strong support for the bill in both the House and the Senate, a veto by Governor Holcomb would be difficult to sustain. Indiana’s Constitution makes overriding a veto easy. Only a majority of each house is needed, and the veto may be overridden in the next legislative session.
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Indiana had one of the oldest permitting processes in the country but it wasn’t comparible for years to the modern standard carry laws by which most contribute to Florida, mid 1990’s. Hopefully, this alleviates much of that.
As part of the process ramping up to Constitutional Carry, Indian eliminated the fee for their carry permits, including a lifetime carry permit.
The problem in Nebraska seems to be Omaha. The antis want to keep Omaha out of Constitutional Carry. But I think the Unicameral can override their restrictive wishes.
You are correct. That is the way I see it.
I predict a corresponding drop in crime across the board.
Ya, and Omaha is probably the one place in Nebraska where a person really needs to carry! LOL!
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