In signing the handgun permit requirement repeal, Holcomb went against the vocal opposition of his state police superintendent to the further loosening of the state's lenient firearms laws.
Permits will soon no longer be required for people to carry handguns in public in Indiana.
The permit repeal, called"constitutional carry" by gun-rights supporters in reference to the Second Amendment, was criticized by major law enforcement groups who argued eliminating the permit system would endanger officers by stripping them of a screening tool for quickly identifying dangerous people who shouldn't have guns.
Holcomb said in a statement that the permit repeal bill"entrusts Hoosiers who can lawfully carry a handgun to responsibly do so within our state."
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