Bounty hunting and carrying a gun?

[foxmustang]

Can anyone shed any light on this for me? I was talking to a guy today who was openly carrying a handgun. I've talked to this individual before and he said he had just completed a bounty hunting course. I asked if he had got his LTCH and he simply said no he wouldn't need it since he had his "bounty hunter license". Needless to say I didn't think that's what the law but wanted to double check.

 

[rnmcguire]

Yeah right. I think the term that professionals use is Bail Bondsman. Bounty Hunter isn't what most of these guys refer to themselves as. I believe they're subject to the same laws as the rest of us as they're not sworn police officers. It'll be interesting when he gets questioned by a LEO about his open carrying without a LTCH.

 

[Miketodd]

Maybe his Bounty Hunter Permit out weights our lonely Indiana Resident License...

 

[IndyDave1776]

I wouldn't think a gun would be necessary to hunt such a docile target.

 

[GlockPaperScissors]

Can anyone shed any light on this for me? I was talking to a guy today who was openly carrying a handgun. I've talked to this individual before and he said he had just completed a bounty hunting course. I asked if he had got his LTCH and he simply said no he wouldn't need it since he had his "bounty hunter license". Needless to say I didn't think that's what the law but wanted to double check.

This guy sounds kind of weird. It reminds me of the episode of King of the Hill where Dale uses his false identity, Rusty Shackleford, to become a bounty hunter who then manages to get way in over his head. I'm pretty sure if he gets questioned about it, the officer is probably going to laugh at him.

I wouldn't think a gun would be necessary to hunt such a docile target.

Puns are my favorite jokes. This is great!

 

[Miketodd]

I wouldn't think a gun would be necessary to hunt such a docile target.

Well it is the Quilted Quicker Picker Upper...

 

[foxmustang]

Your assumptions are correct. This guy struck me as a few bricks shy of a full load the first time I talked to him. But hell he's been cheap entertainment til I saw him carrying today. If he's the kind of people they got "bounty hunting" now God help our society.

 

[Dobber]

Your assumptions are correct. This guy struck me as a few bricks shy of a full load the first time I talked to him. But hell he's been cheap entertainment til I saw him carrying today. If he's the kind of people they got "bounty hunting" now God help our society.

Actually, if he's the type of people that's bounty hunting now I think God has helped our society. Maybe a few less back into the system...cruel, but who is crying?

-Dobber

 

[GlockPaperScissors]

Yeah, anyone who comes out and claims to be a "bounty hunter" is probably a few apples short of a successful harvest. Thankfully though, that's not exactly a much seen profession in this day and age so the only thing we have to worry about is him making gun owners look bad. What was he carrying?

Your assumptions are correct. This guy struck me as a few bricks shy of a full load the first time I talked to him. But hell he's been cheap entertainment til I saw him carrying today. If he's the kind of people they got "bounty hunting" now God help our society.

 

[foxmustang]

Actually, if he's the type of people that's bounty hunting now I think God has helped our society. Maybe a few less back into the system...cruel, but who is crying?

-Dobber

I love the way you think. Oh and you should see his shiny "badge" he got after completion of the course. Only the finest plastic China has
produced.

Edit: GlockPaperScissors from the looks of it probably a Smith & Wesson Sigma. And I agree about making the rest of us normal gun owners look bad.

 

[42769vette]

Am I mistaken in thinking even leo's have a ltch card? Or does the badge count as a card?

 

[Glock19]

Nope...he needs a license....I looked at the class before...

 

[pleiades]

Skipping Bail? A Bounty Hunter Will Likely Follow - Lawyers.com

"They can't carry firearms unless they have the proper licenses or permits of the state they're in. A valid permit in one state may not be valid in another"

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Am I mistaken in thinking even leo's have a ltch card? Or does the badge count as a card?

Law enforcement are exempt from having a LTCH. Its in the IC code.

IC 35-47-2-2
Excepted persons
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this chapter does not apply to:
(1) marshals;
(2) sheriffs;
(3) the commissioner of the department of correction or persons authorized by the commissioner in writing to carry firearms;
(4) judicial officers;
(5) law enforcement officers;
(6) members of the armed forces of the United States or of the national guard or organized reserves while they are on duty;
(7) regularly enrolled members of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receive such weapons from the United States or from this state who are at or are going to or from their place of assembly or target practice;
(8) employees of the United States duly authorized to carry handguns;
(9) employees of express companies when engaged in company business; or
(10) any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms or the agent or representative of any such person having in the person's possession, using, or carrying a handgun in the usual or ordinary course of that business.

 

[castle134]

One of my good friends use to do that and told me it was called recovery not bounty hunting and he did need a license to carry if he choose to carry a gun which he had when he turned 18. He tells me yeah job not like dog bounty hunter like made out on TV. No special exemption came with able.to that job. That's what he told me.anyways

 

[Westside]

how to become a bail bondsman and/or recovery agent in Indiana

Indiana Department of Insurance: Bail Bond/Recovery Agents Licensing

 

[the1kidd03]

Yeah right. I think the term that professionals use is Bail Bondsman. Bounty Hunter isn't what most of these guys refer to themselves as. I believe they're subject to the same laws as the rest of us as they're not sworn police officers. It'll be interesting when he gets questioned by a LEO about his open carrying without a LTCH.

"Bail Bondsman" is the guy who issues th bond, not necessarily the guy retrieving the fugitive. Many bondsman hire (outsource) retrieval of skippees.

Also known as skip tracing

 

[IndyGunSafety]

I wouldn't think a gun would be necessary to hunt such a docile target.

Wow! Lookie there! You found one!

As far as I know there are subject to the same laws as the rest of us.

 

[LarryC]

My nephew is and has been a "recovery agent" in Indiana for several years. It is a second income for him. He does carry a handgun but had his LTCH for a few years prior to going into this field. He seldom has much problems subduing a subject as he is in pretty good shape, about 6' 6'' and around 300 lb. Usually he can talk the fugitive into going with him without a problem. His biggest problem is tracing them - finding out where they are hiding. Normally he stays in Indiana. Several states are not friendly to Recovery - ILL i noise being one of the worst. Course probably half the Perps in ILL i Noise are the politicians.

 

[indiucky]

Here is my favorite Bounty Hunter......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doWabxMhohs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acex1NbQarQ