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The trend continues apace...
Police Report Surge In Gun Permit Applications
More People Seeking To Carry Guns For First Time
UPDATED: 12:19 am EDT October 18, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- [/b]Requests for applications to carry a concealed weapon are up in Indianapolis, police report.
Officials with the Citizen's Services branch of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told 6News' Jack Rinehart that the number of new application requests and license renewals increased significantly in September as compared to the same month in 2007.
By year's end, officials said they project that the number of permits will increase by at least 10 percent over 2007.
"Wherever there's people, there's always some people that prey on other people and I think we see that daily," said Russ Record, who was renewing his gun permit on Friday.
The jump in the number of people applying for permits included many people who said they had never carried or used a gun before, police said.
"I tend to come home late for work. I go in late sometimes. I just think it was finally time to make the move and get a permit to carry," said first-time applicant Louis Profeta, who works in the emergency room at St. Vincent Hospital.
Others said they hadn't planned on ever carrying a gun, but that the recent upswing in crime in Indianapolis influenced their decision.
"I don't want to do it, but it seems like it's getting more prevalent around the area," said Kelly McQueary. "I just want to be prepared and protected."
Police stressed the importance of understanding the ramifications of gun ownership.
"It's very important that they know what they're doing with that gun," said Lt. Jeffrey Duhamell. "What a lot of people don't realize is the philological changes that can happen in a high-stress situation … your judgment may be impaired as far as when you should shoot and when not to shoot."
Duhamell urged those looking to carry a gun for the first time to undergo training.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/17744563/detail.html
The trend continues apace...
Police Report Surge In Gun Permit Applications
More People Seeking To Carry Guns For First Time
UPDATED: 12:19 am EDT October 18, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- [/b]Requests for applications to carry a concealed weapon are up in Indianapolis, police report.
Officials with the Citizen's Services branch of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told 6News' Jack Rinehart that the number of new application requests and license renewals increased significantly in September as compared to the same month in 2007.
By year's end, officials said they project that the number of permits will increase by at least 10 percent over 2007.
"Wherever there's people, there's always some people that prey on other people and I think we see that daily," said Russ Record, who was renewing his gun permit on Friday.
The jump in the number of people applying for permits included many people who said they had never carried or used a gun before, police said.
"I tend to come home late for work. I go in late sometimes. I just think it was finally time to make the move and get a permit to carry," said first-time applicant Louis Profeta, who works in the emergency room at St. Vincent Hospital.
Others said they hadn't planned on ever carrying a gun, but that the recent upswing in crime in Indianapolis influenced their decision.
"I don't want to do it, but it seems like it's getting more prevalent around the area," said Kelly McQueary. "I just want to be prepared and protected."
Police stressed the importance of understanding the ramifications of gun ownership.
"It's very important that they know what they're doing with that gun," said Lt. Jeffrey Duhamell. "What a lot of people don't realize is the philological changes that can happen in a high-stress situation … your judgment may be impaired as far as when you should shoot and when not to shoot."
Duhamell urged those looking to carry a gun for the first time to undergo training.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/17744563/detail.html