Republican state lawmakers are reintroducing legislation to let Hoosiers carry handguns without a permit. Representative Jim Lucas says it’s an “infringement of constitutional rights” to require someone to get fingerprinted and pay a fee in order to carry a gun. The proposed “constitutional carry” measure would still prevent felons from owning a gun. Last session, a bill to end the requirement for handgun carry permits passed in the Indiana House but did not get a committee hearing in the Senate.
