LTCH 5 year vs Lifetime

[VERT]

So I see IN is going to join the ranks of states that allow lawful carry without a license. Great! My son turns 18 in about 2 weeks and I am glad to see this change. Regardless He is interested in applying for his license. So….

5 year vs Lifetime? I see they are now both fee exempt. The 5 years is not exempt from NICS. To my knowledge there is no advantages from a reciprocity standpoint. Anybody have the skinny on why he would apply for one over the other?

 

[Ark]

I heard on INGO the lifetime permit was going away.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

If it were me, I’d get the lifetime and be done with it. If/when the 5-year lets you bypass NICS, then he could always go and get that, if that’s a selling point. I got the 5 year when it came out. But unless I find an advantage to keeping it, I’ll likely let it lapse.

 

[bwframe]

Yep, why not do lifetime? Doesn't hurt to have a "certified good guy" card to show?

It have heard from reliable sources that handing your pink card with driver's license will sometimes turn a minor speeding ticket into a warning? With local and county officers anyway, not sure about state?


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[ancjr]

Yep, why not do lifetime? Doesn't hurt to have a "certified good guy" card to show?

It have heard from reliable sources that handing your pink card with driver's license will sometimes turn a minor speeding ticket into a warning? With local and county officers anyway, not sure about state?


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Not sure I've had my permit have any influence locally, but I can assure you I've never had an ISP or KSP officer do anything that made me feel like they were trying to deescalate any potential opportunity.

 

[xwing]

Yep, why not do lifetime? Doesn't hurt to have a "certified good guy" card to show?

It have heard from reliable sources that handing your pink card with driver's license will sometimes turn a minor speeding ticket into a warning? With local and county officers anyway, not sure about state?


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Maybe. It is a way to deescalate and show you are a "good guy". Not necessarily a "get out of the ticket" card, but something that can make the interaction with police more positive and non-confrontational. Anything you can do to make the interaction more casual is in your best interest.

 

[bwframe]

Not sure I've had my permit have any influence locally, but I can assure you I've never had an ISP or KSP officer do anything that made me feel like they were trying to deescalate any potential opportunity.

I haven't had a speeding ticket in years, used to get one every other year or three. I like the pedal.


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[ancjr]

I haven't had a speeding ticket in years, used to get one every other year or three. I like the pedal.


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I think I got my last speeding ticket in 2014.

 

[Quiet Observer]

Some states will only recognize a permit from your state. You have to be able to show an active permit. The fact that your state is Constitutional carry may be meaningless in another state. Some states only recognize Constitutional carry for their residents, not for non-residents.

 

[greg]

So I see IN is going to join the ranks of states that allow lawful carry without a license. Great! My son turns 18 in about 2 weeks and I am glad to see this change. Regardless He is interested in applying for his license. So….

5 year vs Lifetime? I see they are now both fee exempt. The 5 years is not exempt from NICS. To my knowledge there is no advantages from a reciprocity standpoint. Anybody have the skinny on why he would apply for one over the other?

I believe there is still a local or finger printing fee… don’t believe it is completely FREE.

 

[marvin02]

I believe there is still a local or finger printing fee… don’t believe it is completely FREE.

When we got my wife's the $13 fingerprint fee was all we paid.

The best argument for still getting an LTCH is reciprocity with other states, as mentioned above there are states where an out of state "permit holder" can carry.

For a constitutional right it sure is complicated.

 

[VERT]

If you carry a gun you probably still want the license. Personally I have 3 (IN, FL, UT).

The question is does the 5 year license offer any advantage over the lifetime license? Or vice versa. If the price is the same I will just have the boy apply for the lifetime.

 

[2tonic]

By the time an LEO approaches your vehicle, they already know whether you possess a valid LTCH.

Get the lifetime, for traveling thru other states that may want to see it, if there's any anti social encounters.

 

[2in1evtime]

My last speeding ticket was in 1980, and i had a yellow handgun permit then

 

[ancjr]

The passage of time

 

[Steve]

Get the lifetime permit. Either one will put him on the "radar", so why not get one that you will never have to mess with again? And most LEOs will relax a bit knowing that he has already been "vetted" by the NCIC if he ever gets stopped.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

Yeah, get the lifetime. I just got my lifetime (literally came in the mail yesterday, just in time for constitutional carry being passed, lol) and as far as I could tell it was the exact same process as when I got my 5-year a couple years ago.

 

[hpclayto]

Why wouldn’t you get the lifetime?

 

[AndreusMaximus]

Why wouldn’t you get the lifetime?

Far as I know, there's no reason now. I got my five-year a while back because at the time five-year was free, but lifetime still had a big fee attached to it.

 

[hpclayto]

Far as I know, there's no reason now. I got my five-year a while back because at the time five-year was free, but lifetime still had a big fee attached to it.

Ahh I didn’t know there was ever a price difference in the past.