Shall issue state

[Micah]

I heard several times that indiana is a shall issue state when it comes to handing out LTCH. Can someone explain what that means and is it true? Is it really as simple as if you can purchase a gun you can have a LTCH?

 

[jgreiner]

I heard several times that indiana is a shall issue state when it comes to handing out LTCH. Can someone explain what that means and is it true? Is it really as simple as if you can purchase a gun you can have a LTCH?

If you have a clean record, the state SHALL issue you an LTCH.

 

[N8RV]

FAQ are your friend!

Micah, at the top of the page is a row of tabs. The one on the far right is labeled "FAQ." Click on it.

The next page will have the official INGO FAQ as a link. Click on it.

The first link listed will answer all of your questions.

You're welcome.

 

[Micah]

I thought that is the way all states are that allow LTCH. Thank you for the answer

 

[Micah]

Micah, at the top of the page is a row of tabs. The one on the far right is labeled "FAQ." Click on it.

The next page will have the official INGO FAQ as a link. Click on it.

The first link listed will answer all of your questions.

You're welcome.

Opps lol...I guess I should have looked before asking. Thanks for the direction

 

[Scutter01]

It means that the issuance of a license is not dependent on some police chief's personal discretion. His opinion on us lowly serfs carrying is completely irrelevant. As long as you are a "proper person" (as defined by law), then the state is required by law to issue you a carry license. Not all states are "shall issue". Some states are "may issue", and it's notoriously difficult to get a carry permit there. They should really be called "probably won't issue" states.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Since 1980,

http://www.constitution.org/2ll/bardwell/schubert_v_debard.txt

 

[Mark 1911]

Since 1980,

http://www.constitution.org/2ll/bardwell/schubert_v_debard.txt

I noticed that the applicant in this case gave "a proper reason" why he should be granted a LTCH, i.e. that he feared for his life. When I applied for my first Indiana LTCH back in the 80s, I had to provide a reason why I wanted the LTCH. My reason was very short, two words, "self defense".

Don't know when they stopped asking for "a proper reason", but that question is no longer on the application. Is that something that came out of this case?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Don't know when they stopped asking, but that question is no longer on the application.

Early '90s. In some smaller communities the forms did not run out as quick so the old forms were still around up until the 2000s.

 

[cosermann]

Since 1980,

http://www.constitution.org/2ll/bardwell/schubert_v_debard.txt

Thanks for sharing the reference to this case.

I especially like the statement that what is essentially a may issue approach, "contravenes the essential nature of the constitutional guarantee. It would supplant a right with a mere administrative privilege which might be withheld simply on the basis that such matters as the use of firearms are better left to the organized military and police forces even where defense of the individual citizen is involved."