Permitless handgun bill moves to third reading in the House [View all]
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana House amended a controversial handgun bill Monday, setting the stage for a final vote as soon as Tuesday.
House Bill 1077 would repeal the state’s licensing requirement that for carrying a handgun without a permit while setting penalties for those who do not possess them legally.
Rep. Ed Clere, R-New Albany, proposed an amendment that if a juvenile is caught in a misdemeanor crime, they aren’t charged as a felon for also having a handgun.
“We wouldn’t want to charge juveniles because they happen to have a handgun on them while committing a crime,” Clere said. “We just want to make sure that those minor offenses don’t have other implications for that juvenile as a result of this language.”
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