Just giving a heads up for Indiana residents wanting to get their concealed carry permits. It's a complete cluster **** in Indy right now. I submitted my app at the end of July and HAVE YET to get my handgun permit. I did not go the L1 Enrollment route and that was a huge mistake. My town marshall filled out my fingerprint card and printed me. I then mailed off everything to Indy and waited and waited. In October, I called the ISP Firearms Section and asked them what the deal was. They told me that the town Marshall did not fill out the fingerprint card correctly and that they were going to mail it to me to fill out what wasn't so I could return it to them. Thank You very much Town Marshall. They also told me that they were looking deeper into my background because of a restraining order I had filed on me in 1997. Ahhh, the ex wife games. I was was told though that they would get the fingerprint card to me in about 3 weeks from the date I called so I could get it filled out while they continued to check my background. It never showed up.
Today, I called again, and asked them what was going on with my app. They told me that they were now looking into a handgun permit that was issued to me in 2004 along with the 1997 restraining order. The lady then told me something completely different than what I was told last month. She told me that my background check has to be completely cleared before they can mail my fingerprint card to me to finish being filled out. I asked the lady to please give me an estimated time frame for the background check to be completed and the fingerprint card to be mailed. Of course, they would not do this.
Makes no sense. The restraining order lasted for 2 years and was never renewed. I get a handgun permit in 2004 that expired in 2008. Now they are "looking at everything deeper." I have nothing on my record that would keep me from getting a permit. They claim that they are completely swamped with apps, and I do believe that. However, their is no reason for them taking this long. 4 months and running is a complete drop of the ball on their part on honoring something that I am well within the law to have. There is really nothing that I can do though. They have the ball in their court and it's going to be done when they are good and ready to do it. Total control over a right that I have.
I would highly advise any Hoosier that is looking to get a concealed carry permit, to do the L1 enrollment process instead of relying on their local LE to do the job right. Chances are, they will not do it right. You can expect a nice long wait if you have ANYTHING questionable in your past and/ or if you paperwork is not filled out correctly. Even if everything is squeaky clean by their standards, they are saying that it could take 8+ weeks to get the permit. I would also HIGHLY suggest that if you can afford it- to get the lifetime permit so you do not have to deal with this BS every 4yrs. I know that when I get my permit and it comes time to renew, I will be getting the lifetime. I freaking HATE that I am at the mercy of the State Police and whatever agenda they seem to have going on down there.
