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IN SB0123
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires applicants for handgun licenses after December 31, 2017, to complete an eight-hour handgun safety and training program certified by the National Rifle Association with an NRA-certified instructor.
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Training program must include at least five hours of instruction covering safe storage and handling, ammunition knowledge, firing positions, firearms law and civil liability, avoiding criminal attacks, and Indiana concealed carry laws.
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Training program must include at least three hours of range instruction and require firing of at least 45 rounds of ammunition.
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Exempts law enforcement officers, retired law enforcement officers, and active or honorably discharged armed forces members from the training requirement, though they may voluntarily participate.
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Eliminates the requirement that applicants disclose their reason for applying for a handgun license to the reviewing officer.
Legislative Description
Handgun training. Requires a person who applies after December 31, 2017, for a license to carry a handgun to first complete an eight hour handgun safety and training program, unless the person is a law enforcement officer, a retired law enforcement officer, or an active or honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States. Eliminates a requirement that an applicant for a handgun license must inform the officer to whom the application is made of the reason the applicant is applying for the license.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/4/2017