Lifetime LTCH - What's the catch?

[011101110111]

Other than cost, is there a reason that anybody wouldn't get a lifetime LTCH? The one thing that springs immediately to mind is that the lifetime license wouldn't be able to be used to in lieu of the NICS check when purchasing a firearm (as the licensee is not re-credentialed every few years). Is that the case? Would there be other reasons?

 

[kjf40]

You can look at this way...the cost of a lifetime is what...about 3 4yr ones.

So if you get a life time your looking at the same payment they would get for 12 years worth of 4 year LTCH's.

I dont think they are losing much money, so why not?

Get it and love it

 

[011101110111]

You can look at this way...the cost of a lifetime is what...about 3 4yr ones.

So if you get a life time your looking at the same payment they would get for 12 years worth of 4 year LTCH's.

I dont think they are losing much money, so why not?

Get it and love it

Will it still continue to be good if the holder moves out of state?

 

[kjf40]

Will it still continue to be good if the holder moves out of state?

Yes...just as you would acquire an LTCH from another state...it is still good.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

If you intend to live in Indiana indefinitly, I can't come up with a good reason. The guns I've bought in recent years, even before I got a lifetime, it made no difference to whether I had to go through the NICS check...not sure when that changed. I know one guy that got a 4-year LTCH. I asked him why he didnt go ahead and get a lifetime, he said he didn't plan on living in Indiana much longer (he had recently retired). So there's one reason, I guess.

 

[24Carat]

Will it still continue to be good if the holder moves out of state?

I vaguely remember someone posting that you would contact ISP to "deactivate" it? If you move back you "reactivate"it? YMMV not positive on this.

 

[Bill B]

Other than cost, is there a reason that anybody wouldn't get a lifetime LTCH? The one thing that springs immediately to mind is that the lifetime license wouldn't be able to be used to in lieu of the NICS check when purchasing a firearm (as the licensee is not re-credentialed every few years). Is that the case? Would there be other reasons?

You lost me on that part. LTCH doesn't matter, you still have to do the NICS check. Or am I getting hosed everytime I buy a gun?

 

[kjf40]

Why would you deactivate?

You can carry LTCH's from all states that offer...if you can get them all.

 

[Hammerhead]

Because the IN Larry is only for IN residents. You have to deactivate it when you're no longer a resident. IN doesn't offer non-resident Larrys.

 

[011101110111]

Other than cost, is there a reason that anybody wouldn't get a lifetime LTCH? The one thing that springs immediately to mind is that the lifetime license wouldn't be able to be used to in lieu of the NICS check when purchasing a firearm (as the licensee is not re-credentialed every few years). Is that the case? Would there be other reasons?

You lost me on that part. LTCH doesn't matter, you still have to do the NICS check. Or am I getting hosed everytime I buy a gun?

In our state, if you have a license, you can bypass the NICS check and save yourself the $5.00 or so it costs to run the check. We did propose a lifetime license, but the stipulation would have been that a NICS check would have to be ran each time. The reason being, that a person might have committed a disqualifying crime after having gotten the license and since there's no renewal, no additional background checks would ever be performed. That was the thinking anyway. It stalled and never made it anywhere.

 

[24Carat]

You lost me on that part. LTCH doesn't matter, you still have to do the NICS check. Or am I getting hosed everytime I buy a gun?

At one time the Indiana LTCH allowed one to avoid the hassle. Very early on. Someone got a stick up their butt about it I imagine. It was a nice perk for awhile.

 

[red_zr24x4]

At one time the Indiana LTCH allowed one to avoid the hassle. Very early on. Someone got a stick up their butt about it I imagine. It was a nice perk for awhile.

Early 90's it was this way for sure. I didn't buy a gun from about '95-2003, '95 no nics check- 2003 nics check.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Lots of misinformation here. I'll see if I can clear some of it up:

Other than cost, is there a reason that anybody wouldn't get a lifetime LTCH? The one thing that springs immediately to mind is that the lifetime license wouldn't be able to be used to in lieu of the NICS check when purchasing a firearm (as the licensee is not re-credentialed every few years). Is that the case? Would there be other reasons?

IN LTCH has not qualified per ATF in lieu of NICS in, if I recall, about 7 or 8 years. The ISP checks IN records but stopped doing federal checks when issuing it, so ATF stopped recognizing it for that purpose.

Will it still continue to be good if the holder moves out of state?

Yes...just as you would acquire an LTCH from another state...it is still good.

I vaguely remember someone posting that you would contact ISP to "deactivate" it? If you move back you "reactivate"it? YMMV not positive on this.

You lost me on that part. LTCH doesn't matter, you still have to do the NICS check. Or am I getting hosed everytime I buy a gun?

Why would you deactivate?

You can carry LTCH's from all states that offer...if you can get them all.

Because the IN Larry is only for IN residents. You have to deactivate it when you're no longer a resident. IN doesn't offer non-resident Larrys.

IN LTCH is issued primarily to IN residents, however if you live elsewhere and have a permanent workplace here, you can qualify for the non-resident LTCH. You may only be issued the four-year LTCH as a non-resident, and if you are issued the Lifetime as a resident and then move, your license will be "deactivated" when you advise them (as you must, by law) of your change of address. If at a later time you return to IN as a resident, you merely notify ISP of your change of address back within the state, and they reactivate your LTCH.
Yes, you can get a permit/license/whatever from any state that issues them. To carry in 46 states (excluding only CA, HI, IL, and NY,) you would need about 11 of them, as several states recognize only their own and will issue non-resident, though some are very restrictive as to whom they issue it. OR and SC require property to be owned in their states. ME, MD, MA, NJ, CT, and RI all issue non-res permits that are good in their state, but your IN LTCH and/or UT or AZ will cover every other state that recognizes them.

(IN is good in 28 states including ours, AZ and UT add 10 more.)

Hope this helps!

Blessings,
Bill

 

[kjf40]

Thanks Bill, i misunderstood the site i was reading on the lifetime one...shoulda looked a bit further before posting.

U DA MAN!!

I give to you +1 REP

And sorry for the mis info

 

[Bill of Rights]

Thanks Bill, i misunderstood the site i was reading on the lifetime one...shoulda looked a bit further before posting.

U DA MAN!!

I give to you +1 REP

And sorry for the mis info

Thanks for the rep and your completely unnecessary apology; One of the great things about INGO is that when you make a mistake of fact, you can learn the correct info pretty quickly... I can't count the number of times I've learned new stuff on here (and no, it's not because I get busted for indecent exposure when I try to count past 20. )


I love this board.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[TomN]

(and no, it's not because I get busted for indecent exposure when I try to count past 20. )

I don't get it.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I don't get it.

Think in decimal. If I'm counting in binary, the decimal representation would be "anything past 1048575".

And I'm not explaining any further.

Blessings,
Bill