Kirk Freeman
Grandmaster
It is akin to the "George Booshhhh" ain't did nothing for meye ryeets posts. People are unaware of what was transpiring.In 2008, there was an exception to the licensed required to transport handguns law that provided for it to be taken from the place of purchase to their dwelling or place of business, and then between dwellings if a person moved as long as it was in a "secure wrapper" and unloaded.
Notice I specified "handguns".
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I would add that not knowing how restrictive things used to be, even not that long ago- and yes, even then Indiana was one of the less restrictive states (not good, but better than most others), goes along with the notion that "gun laws are worse now than ever" which was a routine thing to hear, at least before Constitutional Carry. The truth is that in Indiana and a lot of other places, there has been 30 to 40 years of steady progress on firearms freedom, even without good Supreme Court decisions.
Because it was gradual people both did not know how bad things were, and how good things are now.
Politics is downstream of culture. Carrying guns become more socially/culturally acceptable, thus the law changed.