I feel like the Bartholomew election should be a slam dunk for Watson. Retired ISP who is an NRA instructor and has a son who owns a gun shop that teaches gun safety. Her experience fighting drug abuse and trafficking is something sorely needed in that area of the state.
TIPPECANOE COUNTY
I received this response to my inquiry as to Constitutional Carry from Jason Dombkowski, candidate for Sheriff, Tippecanoe County:
Thanks for your work on the Rifle and Pistol Assoc, Kirk. As Chief of Police and as a Life Member of the NRA, I consider it an honor to sign handgun permits nearly everyday after a proper background check is done.
On occasion, background checks have resulted in the reccomendation of denial of a carry permit based on mental health issues, substance abuse issues, domestic violence convictions or felony convictions. Over 7,000 people were denied permits to carry last year in our state for these reasons after background checks were done.
As President of the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police, I have worked with The Indiana Sheriff's Association, the FOP and the State Police Superintendent to provide information on this topic. I am not necessarliy for carry permits, but I am certainly for background checks to carry a handgun in public. I like that fees were dropped in the version of the bill still at the legislature.
It's nice to know that none of those 7,000 people denied have ever carried a gun and that all criminals who wanted to carry guns applied for a LTCH and were denied.
Surely we can sleep well knowing that background checks have prevented every person with criminal intent from carrying a gun anywhere in Indiana.
I can't find the thread with the search function. But I posted my conversation with Brett and then another person shared his or her phone call interaction with him which just happened to be shortly after I had my conversation with him. Once I was able to point out how laws are already in place to negate their worries or wouldn't allow the stop and search anyhow he stopped the conversation. I was respectful the entire time. It was the thread that started after the Sheriffs Association released their opinion in regards to Constitutional Carry. The search function and I have never gotten along.Then he needs to go. I am surprised to hear this.
So against Constitutional Carry. Did your conversation with him include him talking about not wanting shooting on private property?I can't find the thread with the search function. But I posted my conversation with Brett and then another person shared his or her phone call interaction with him which just happened to be shortly after I had my conversation with him. Once I was able to point out how laws are already in place to negate their worries or wouldn't allow the stop and search anyhow he stopped the conversation. I was respectful the entire time. It was the thread that started after the Sheriffs Association released their opinion in regards to Constitutional Carry. The search function and I have never gotten along.
No the part where I said about the shooting on private property was from a interview where he said that the county should look into possibly changing that law. This is paraphrased but still captures the basic statement and intent. It came about when a member on here had the cops called for shooting in his back yard. When I was conversing with him about Con Carry I hadn't brought it up just because we were discussing a different topic.So against Constitutional Carry. Did your conversation with him include him talking about not wanting shooting on private property?
I don't know anyone that thinks highly of Myers. Maybe that's just a limited circle on my part, but the dude is a squish.
Jerrod Baugh in Putnam County.