General Assembly Some see danger, others see undue burden on citizens NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette INDIANAPOLIS – A divided police community highlighted a hearing Wednesday to eliminate a requirement for Hoosiers to get a permit to carry a firearm in public. “We as an association believe eliminating the handgun licensing system is an unnecessary risk to public safety,” said Lafayette Police Chief Patrick Flannelly, on behalf of the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police. And he noted that just because you carry a firearm doesn’t make you safer since Indiana requires no gun training. But former Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers said the permitting process is a burden on citizens to exercise a constitutional right.