240 IAC 3-1-1
240 IAC 3-1-1 Issuance; improper persons; restricted licenses
Cite as Ind. Admin. Code tit. 240, r. 3-1-1
Sec. 1. ISSUANCE. (1) The Superintendent of the Indiana State Police Department will not issue a firearm license which would place a licensee in contradiction of Federal Firearm Law.
(2) A person is an improper person if:
(A) He has a history of minor criminal activity which would give rise to a reasonable belief that the applicant has a propensity for violent or emotionally unstable conduct.
(B) He is found, upon a standard of reasonable belief, not to be emotionally stable.
(C) He has been charged and convicted of any violent crime as defined by 35-23-4.1-1 [Repealed by P.L.311-1983, SECTION 49. See, IC 35-47-2-3 concerning criteria for accepting an application for a license.]
(D) He makes a false statement of material fact on his application.
(3) A person will have a sufficient reason for the issuance of an unlimited firearm license if he states a legal purpose for desiring such license.
(4) On the statement of a reason meeting the criteria of I (3) [subsection (3) of this section] the burden of denying a license due to improper or insufficent reason shall be upon the Superintendent.
(5) The Superintendent may issue a restricted license when the license is issued for a person's employment.