Plan Precaution for Gun Toting Permits

From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, May 2, 1925:  “Every precaution will be taken to prevent the issuance of permits to carry revolvers to irresponsible persons,” Marion County clerk Albert Losche said today.  Pursuant to a recent law, applications to obtain permits to carry firearms will be available from the county clerk by the middle of next week.  Applications must be signed by two resident freeholders and householders and they must take an oath that the applicant is a suitable person to carry firearms.  Each permit will cost $1 (2023:  $18) and will be good for one year.  Anyone giving false information is guilty of a felony and anyone giving firearms to a minor is guilty of a misdemeanor.  Retailers are prohibited from displaying firearms or advertising their sale in store windows.  Police Chief Herman Rikhoff declared the law encourages gun-toting.

“Plan Precaution for Gun Toting Permits,” The Indianapolis Times, 2 May 1925, p. 1:2