Brian:
I understand frustration over patchwork laws and the problems that they cause. That was the whole reason that the firearms preemption law was passed. The process was very public and reasonably transparent. Complaining about a law making our lives easier isn't very helpful.
The preemption law was largely successful, but not by magic. Some local governments complied immediately, but some did not. In some cases, it took the public to hold officials feet to the fire, pointing out to local administrators that they need to change their now illegal laws and at least a couple of cases involved forcing compliance via lawsuits. You can find examples of these in the "Legislation of the 2nd Amendment" forum. If you are aware of any remaining laws that violate preemption, then feel free to point them out and ask for help in getting them changed. We have INGOers who have convinced local governments to change and at least one lawyer (Guy Relford/INGO:TacticalFirearmsTraining) who has sued multiple jurisdictions to force compliance.
If a retailer follows a now obsolete restriction, then politely educating them is the best route to getting it fixed. It isn't an automatic thing.
It helps if you've read and can point to specific sections of the Indiana Code when talking to someone about Indiana law. You will see this done on INGO on a regular basis. If you haven't already read them, you can find the primary ones related to weapons at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2014/ic/titles/035/articles/047/
Edit: I see that a conversation has occurred while I was composing this post. Still, I believe the info is useful.
I understand frustration over patchwork laws and the problems that they cause. That was the whole reason that the firearms preemption law was passed. The process was very public and reasonably transparent. Complaining about a law making our lives easier isn't very helpful.
The preemption law was largely successful, but not by magic. Some local governments complied immediately, but some did not. In some cases, it took the public to hold officials feet to the fire, pointing out to local administrators that they need to change their now illegal laws and at least a couple of cases involved forcing compliance via lawsuits. You can find examples of these in the "Legislation of the 2nd Amendment" forum. If you are aware of any remaining laws that violate preemption, then feel free to point them out and ask for help in getting them changed. We have INGOers who have convinced local governments to change and at least one lawyer (Guy Relford/INGO:TacticalFirearmsTraining) who has sued multiple jurisdictions to force compliance.
If a retailer follows a now obsolete restriction, then politely educating them is the best route to getting it fixed. It isn't an automatic thing.
It helps if you've read and can point to specific sections of the Indiana Code when talking to someone about Indiana law. You will see this done on INGO on a regular basis. If you haven't already read them, you can find the primary ones related to weapons at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2014/ic/titles/035/articles/047/
Edit: I see that a conversation has occurred while I was composing this post. Still, I believe the info is useful.
