I will not provide an LTCH for a firearm purchase, even though I have one.
Especially for long gun purchases.
OP, you might as well buy an account on a background check website, and run each buyers name to see if they have a record.
I am in the market for my first handgun and was thinking of going to the 1500. I have applied for my ltch but it is still being processed. I also don't plan on carrying until I am completely comfortable with the gun I purchase so this purchase will mostly be for home defense. Kinda sucks that I could miss out on a deal or a gun that is on my list just because the state is slow at processing my paperwork.
I am in the market for my first handgun and was thinking of going to the 1500. I have applied for my ltch but it is still being processed. I also don't plan on carrying until I am completely comfortable with the gun I purchase so this purchase will mostly be for home defense. Kinda sucks that I could miss out on a deal or a gun that is on my list just because the state is slow at processing my paperwork.
Just ask the magic 2 questions:
1). Are you an Indiana resident?
2). Can you legally possess a firearm?
If they answer yes to those 2 questions, you are good to go.
Cover your neck, and ask those 2 questions. There will be ATF agents there looking to arrest people. It's happened before.
If you require a background check for all firearms (essentially what you are doing by requiring a LTCH) transaction, then join with Dianne Feinstein in demanding the "gunshow loophole" be closed. The gun grabbers love threads like this. They can tell their buddies in the media how most responsible gun owners support the need for "common sense" gun control legislation.
I'm no expert but even though you haven't received you ltch that doesn't mean you couldn't buy a handgun at the 1500. It simply means you cant shove it down the back of your jeans and walk out. Please correct me if Iam mistaken.
All you have to get from a buyer at the 1500 is their money. Indiana law does not require you to prove residency of your buyer. Indiana law is very vague on the topic, saying that you need to have no reason to assume that your buyer is underage or unable to legally buy the firearm. If you look at the guy, and he is not wearing a t-shirt that says "I live in Georgia" or "I am a convicted felon", you can legally sell to him and all you need to get is his money.
At the show next weekend, FTF sales between individuals would be the only reason for going. Exhibitor prices are always a joke and will be even more so this time. Remember to have cash on you, a lot of it, if you intend to buy.
Most of the tin-foil crap about LTCH and BOS was covered, but I surprised the term, "gun show loophole" didn't appear in this thread.
I don't know about ANY of YOU, but I am going to COVER my BUTT, an ANY transaction, of ANY firearm.
If you don't want to show me a DL., LTCH, and sign a BOS, then WE will NOT be doing a transaction.....
Always go straight to the source:
1) you can take a purchase home.
2) you can take it to a repair shop.
3) you can take it when you move to a new location.
That's how I read it. YMMV.
P.S. Everyone should bookmark or memorize IC 35-47-2. I went the geeky route: I downloaded the PDF, saved it to Dropbox, and then added it to my favorites on my iPhone Dropbox app. I can access it any time, even if I don't have an internet connection.