Employer Information on Permit Application

[Bunnykid68]

Do you have to fill out the employment part?

You could be sitting at home filling it out watching tv and drinking an adult beverage and honestly say you are not currently working.

 

[TheSpark]

I too sort of wondered why they wanted to know my employer. My guess though is they use it to assist a more in-depth background check if deemed necessary.

 

[Captain Bligh]

I remember the question being on there from the time of my first application which was about 15 years ago. At the time I had two jobs. I remember standing there thinking which I felt more comfortable listing. I chose the one where I knew the CEO had a carry permit.

 

[Kagnew]

Just put "Personal Assistant to Eric Holder".

 

[CathyInBlue]

Does anything say you have to fill out wholly irrelevant parts of the LTCH application?

 

[Faiden]

Thanks for the responses everyone! I finally tried to submit a blank forum so I could see what errors came back. Turns out, the only check it runs with that section is to see if you or your place of work is in Indiana. Thus, if your address is in Indiana, it doesn't check your employers and allows the form to go through. So I submitted it with that section left blank... and I guess we'll see how it goes!

 

[CathyInBlue]

Makes sense, but then the form needs to include an asterisk, a caveat, *(Only fill out employment section if home address not in the great state of Indiana).

 

[Bunnykid68]

Makes sense, but then the form needs to include an asterisk, a caveat, *(Only fill out employment section if home address not in the great state of Indiana).

Why would it matter one bit if you worked outside of Indiana so long as you reside in Indiana?

 

[MrsGungho]

Why would it matter one bit if you worked outside of Indiana so long as you reside in Indiana?

it's the opposite that matters, work or live in Indiana, I believe.

 

[CathyInBlue]

You missed the negator. If your home addy is outside of Indiana, in order to qualify for an IN LTCH, then you would need a work addy inside our fair republic.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Poor reading skills on my part.

 

[88GT]

Has that always been on the application? I don't remember filling out that part.

When I filled mine out for the first time in 1999, it was on there.

I remember because it changed the application process when I asked how I should answer that question as I was a student at IU and not employed at the time. I was told I had to add another step to the approval process. I had to go to campus police and get them to sign off on it before it could be returned to the local LE agency. In hindsight, I'm pretty sure I could have told her to go pound sand. Aside from the big picture issue that no such requirement exists (or existed at the time to my knowledge), I only attended IU, I did not live on campus (which wouldn't have mattered anyway since possessing the LTCH was not the equivalent of possessing the actual firearm).

I do not remember it from my re-application after returning to IN or from the "renewal" to the lifetime. But by then I was self-employed and it didn't matter.

 

[the1kidd03]

When I had to apply for my new one after coming back home, I believe I did the good ole "N/A" whip.