Scrutiny of gun sales intensifying [View All]

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Sounds like aanother loophole is being closed - Wayne

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Scrutiny of gun sales intensifying

Background checks to be required of all handgun buyers in Indiana

By Jon Murray
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September 25, 2003

Every buyer of a handgun from an Indiana gun dealer will face a federal background check under new rules taking effect next week.

The changes will alter a decade-old practice in which handgun owners faced a federal check only when renewing a state permit to carry a gun. Those permits must be renewed every four years.

Indiana State Police officials say the stricter rules, which will take effect Wednesday, will keep the state in compliance with the 1994 Brady Law and new federal laws that limit handgun purchases to U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.

"It's possible for the state to approve somebody by state laws that won't be eligible (to buy a gun) by federal laws," said Paul Simmerman, owner of Albro Guns, 4578 S. Emerson Ave., on the Southeastside.

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