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    | IN: Indiana Senate leaders kill 'constitutional carry' bill despite wide GOP caucus support Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
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    | Fort Wayne Republican Sen. Liz Brown, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee where the bill has been sitting, declined to give the bill a hearing before the deadline, effectively killing the legislation.
 
 Instead, in the last week bills can be heard in committee, she gave a hearing to a resolution emphasizing the Indiana Senate's commitment "to protect the constitutional right to keep and bear arms."
 
 While Senate Resolution 39 says the Senate supports firearm rights, it does not eliminate permits. Unlike bills, such resolutions are largely symbolic and do not have the force of law when passed. The committee did approve the resolution.
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    | "The bottom line is law enforcement's ability to determine who is prohibited from carrying a concealed weapon is important and this bill does not achieve that." 
 Straw man argument. Given that LE will run a crimcheck in every case, any disqualifying information would appear, and it is up to THEM to know which entries constitute disqualification. It is their JOB to know, and it is incumbent upon their departments to train them properly.
 
 These pols are shamelessly paying disingenuous lip service to the 2A when they really have no such loyalty.
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