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Does anyone have any recent experience in applying for a CCW permit in Indiana? I've already completed my application, been approved, and am waiting for the permit to arrive in the mail. My question is: how long should I expect to wait? I've heard anything from 10 days to 3 months(!).

NEW YORK - The city's decision to deny a permit to protesters for a rally on Central Park's Great Lawn on the weekend before the Republican National Convention is about preserving the lawn, not suppressing speech, lawyers for the city said in federal court Friday. The lawn would be ruined if 75,000 people gathered there for a rally on Aug. 28 and then 250,000 people used the lawn for another rally the next day, said Gail Donoghue, representing the city. "I think two is too many back to back. The lawn would have no time to recover," Donoghue told U.S....

NEW YORK (AFP) - An Arab-American organization and a group opposed to war and racism filed suit charging they were unconstitutionally denied a permit to hold a protest in Central Park during the upcoming Republican National Convention. Attorneys for the National Council of Arab Americans (NCA) and ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), filed suit in US District Court in Manhattan accusing Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the New York Police Department and others of violating their right to a permit for the park's Great Lawn. The groups want to hold a civil rights rally on Central Park's Great...

Minnesota's law enforcement agencies will lose a funding source if the state's handgun permit law doesn't remain in effect during the court fight over its constitutionality, the state attorney general's office told a Ramsey County judge Monday.

State refuses to issue permit for convention concert Thursday, July 8, 2004 4:12 PM (Boston - AP) — Senator John Kerry's plans to host a Boston Pops concert on the Esplanade during the Democratic convention have been nixed. State public safety officials are refusing to issue a permit, citing logistical and security concerns. Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Katherine Abbott decided against granting the permit after the state's public safety secretary advised against it. Kerry had planned the event to show appreciation to his hometown for hosting the convention. It's expected the senator will receive the Democratic presidential nomination...

Cape Cod is that part of Massachusetts that sticks out into the Atlantic ocean like an upraised, bent arm. (Map here.) It is separated from the mainland by the Cape Cod Canal. Transit choices include boat, airplane and the (most popular) car. If taking the car, you'll have to cross the canal on either the Bourne Bridge or the Sagamore Bridge. Both are four-lane (two each direction) bridges with narrow lanes. Consequently, they are the choke points for traffic traveling on and off Cape, as we say. This causes traffic back-ups that often extend 5-10 miles from the bridges as...

Most disturbingly, the increase in carry guns is further evidence that efforts to slow America's rush to become an armed society have largely failed. ... Common sense suggests that the more guns on the street, the more wrongful injuries and death." --Tracy Warner (Ft. Wayne, Indiana Journal Gazette; "Up in arms: Ohio joins states allowing concealed handguns"; Sunday, March 14, 2004.) The very next day, in an article called "Licensed to carry", Indiana's competing Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel exposed Warner as someone who has a concealed weapons permit -- proving once against that many anti-gunners in positions of power are actually...

If you are a handgun owner in New York, you've already been put through the wringer just qualifying for your permit. And it's a good bet that your hackles will really be up when you hear about the new fee schedule included in Gov. Pataki's Budget Bill. The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association warns that the state, as part of the executive budget, is attempting to legislate a $100 fee (and others) and expiration date on pistol licenses. The bill would amend Section 400.00 of the Penal Law to impose a $100 state licensing fee on new and...

Gun owner: I, not cops, got bad guy January 22, 2004 Three days after Christmas, someone broke into the DeMar family home in Wilmette through a dog door, stealing a television, an SUV and the keys to the home. The next night, Hale DeMar was prepared for a return visit. With his children upstairs, DeMar, 54, shot burglar Morio Billings, 31, in the shoulder and calf, police said. Billings was caught at a nearby hospital and charged with felony residential burglary and possession of a stolen car, authorities said. And, in a move that has drawn criticism, DeMar was cited...

Very well concealed One of the longest and most contentious legislative debates in recent Ohio his tory has ended. Within the next 10 days, Ohioans can expect to be granted the right to secretly carry guns in public. This represents social progress only to those who hunger to carry a weapon whenever they step outside of their homes, or those fatigued by an inane debate that has stalled action on far more important concerns. From Our Advertiser The measure authorizing concealed carry was sent Wednesday to Gov. Bob Taft, who promptly indicated that he would sign it. The law will...

Tuesday, October 28 Neighbor twice called police over pranksters By Dani Davies, Jane Musgrave and Pamela Pérez, Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Saturday wasn't the first time pranksters targeted Jay Levin. Three years ago, his suburban Boca Raton home was shot with paint balls that left holes in two front windows, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report. A year later, he reported a small hole in the bedroom window of his Woodbury Road house. Just after midnight Friday, Levin shot back. Mark Drewes, a Pope John Paul II High School student whose family...

Monday, October 27 Shooting death met with anger, prayers By Josh Mitchell, Cynthia Kopkowski and Thomas R. Collins, Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Monday, October 27, 2003 With hundreds of mourners surrounding them, Luciana and Gregory Drewes broke down in sobs at a church altar Sunday when a priest beseeched worshipers to pray for their dead teenage son. "I want him back," Luciana Drewes cried as she hugged family members at St. Jude Catholic Church in suburban Boca Raton. Sixteen-year-old Mark Andrew Drewes was shot dead Saturday during a midnight prank. He had rung the doorbell of Jay Steven Levin...

Sunday, October 26 Teen pulling prank killed by neighbor By Sarah Eisenhauer and Cynthia Kopkowski, Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Sunday, October 26, 2003 A birthday celebration capped off by an early-morning round of mischievous doorbell ringing ended in the death of a Boca Raton-area teenager early Saturday after a neighbor who believed his home was about to be burgled shot and killed the boy, deputies said. Mark Andrew Drewes, a popular Pope John Paul II High School sophomore who celebrated his 16th birthday at a party Friday night, died from a single gunshot wound at Delray Medical Center. The...

<p>Missouri's law allowing qualified residents to carry concealed firearms, scheduled to take effect Saturday, is on hold as a result of a St. Louis judge's ruling Friday.</p> <p>At the request of some area officeholders and others, Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer blocked enforcement of the law. His order became effective after opponents of the law posted a $250,000 bond.</p>

JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- The suspect accused of killing a man Saturday night in a gas station shoot out was in critical condition Monday with a bullet wound to the head from the man he killed. Police said a teenager with a gun attacked Charles Day, 30. Day was stopping to pick up milk and a morning snack for his 7-year-old daughter at a gas station on Broadway and Edgewood around midnight. "Everywhere he went that baby was with him ... it's gonna kill her," close family friend Joyce Bledsoe told Channel 4's Jennifer Waugh. Detectives said Day was carrying a...

<p>WHITE PLAINS — A federal judge ordered Westchester County yesterday to pay a twice-convicted pedophile $2,500 for violating his rights by past refusals to allow him to perform his clown act for children at Rye Playland Amusement Park.</p> <p>But Judge John S. Martin approved the county's park regulation crafted earlier this year that bars convicted pedophiles from obtaining performance permits if their acts are designed to "entice a child to congregate around" them. The ruling allows the county to bar Richard Hobbs from performing his clown act at the county-owned park.</p>

Applications for concealed-weapons permits are piling up on sheriffs' desks throughout the metro area, overwhelming county workers and frustrating gun owners. Residents in seven metro Denver counties have filed at least 2,223 applications, most under a new statewide law that took effect May 19, the latest figures show. But sheriffs had taken action on only 450 applications - a little more than 20 percent. Jefferson County led the way with 738 applications; Broomfield County had the fewest with 35. Some of Jefferson County's applications were filed under an old law, however, though the exact number is not available. Denver County...

IN 90 DAYS: Governor signed bill, praising it as a Second Amendment victory. JUNEAU -- Alaskans will no longer need a permit to carry a concealed weapon under a bill signed into law Wednesday. In signing the bill, Gov. Frank Murkowski lauded the work of the Legislature and the National Rifle Association in protecting the Second Amendment rights of Alaskans. The bill would adopt the so-called "Vermont Carry" law that allows residents to carry a concealed weapon without a special permit. Vermont has no laws against carrying concealed weapons, the governor's office said. In Alaska, someone who applies for a...

Judge upholds Augusta protest law, promises later ruling on Burk permit By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer April 7, 2003 AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- A federal judge upheld a law that allows the sheriff to regulate protests like the one planned by Martha Burk at Augusta National Golf Club. Monday's ruling was only a partial victory for city officials, however. U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen Jr. hasn't decided if Sheriff Ronald Strength violated his discretion by denying Burk the right to protest at the front gates of the exclusive club, where the Masters begins Thursday. Burk is planning...

I am told in order to gather and to rally you are required to have a permit, I am a native Michigander actully wanting to start a rally for Troop support in Washington DC. I am rather embarrased at not knowing this, but how do I get a permit? Thank you for your help.