An Indiana state lawmaker wants to see journalists obtain licenses with state police the same way handgun owners are required to do in the state, the Indy Star reported.
Rep. Jim Lucas (R-IN) wrote the bill earlier this year and said he may file it soon to make a statement about gun rights.
“If you’re OK licensing my Second Amendment right, what’s wrong with licensing your First Amendment right?” he told the Indy Star.
Lucas’ frustration with the media stems from local coverage of his efforts to repeal a state law that requires handgun owners to have a permit in order to carry it. He said if he was as “irresponsible” with his guns “as the media has been with their keyboard, I’d probably be in jail.”
His draft bill would require journalists to submit an application with state police, get finger-printed and pay a $75 fee for a license. Any person with a felony or domestic battery conviction wouldn’t be allowed to get a license, according to the draft bill obtained by the Indy Star.
The proposal reads almost the exact same as the Indiana state law that requires a permit for handguns, according to the Indy Star.
The draft bill may be more of a stunt than a serious piece of legislation state, as Lucas told the Indy Star that his plan for filing it “depends on you guys.”
“It depends on how egregious and irresponsible you are between now and then,” he said.
In another thread I was blasting Alabamans and South Carolinians as the most pious mean-spirited bastards.I did not forget Indiana, Hoosier are right below them. Not surprising since the earliest colonists in Indiana came from South Carolina.
I don’t know about licenses for legislators, but couldn’t we at least require intelligence tests?
Another grievance GOPer “making a point” because - there was backlash to ridiculous bill he wrote.
Geez, GOP, so much whining.
FOX Hosts: This works. We are not journalists anyway.
This is why Indiana is the stinky armpit of the midwest.