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Survivors of nonfatal shootings do not always seek professional mental health help despite trauma, according to a new study. Stigma and fear of getting in trouble are some of the reasons why.

It’s been more than a year since Indiana removed the requirement for a permit to legally carry a handgun. Some listeners were curious about how the law is impacting Hoosiers.

The change will allow anyone age 18 or older to carry a handgun in public except those with a felony conviction, who face a restraining order or have a dangerous mental illness.

A lot of listeners have questions about Indiana's new permitless handgun carry law, which takes effect Friday. IPB News has answers to some of the most common about what the law does and doesnt do.

About 100 people rallied in downtown Indianapolis Friday morning to push for gun control legislation in the wake of recent mass shootings. Local officials voiced their support for reforms while condemning Indiana’s permitless carry law.

Hoosiers will no longer have to get a permit to carry a handgun in public, starting July 1, after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the so-called permitless carry bill into law.

House Bill 1077, as it now stands, keeps Indiana’s handgun carry permit system in place. And it adds a new, “provisional” license – a temporary permit a person can use to carry a handgun in public while the state processes their application for the permanent handgun license.

House and Senate lawmakers appear poised to perform a resurrection act with legislation that eliminates Indianas handgun carry permits.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators would face coming up with $3.5 million a year for local police agencies if they repeal the state law requiring a…

The House committee took hours of testimony on the bill last week. But it didn't debate the measure at all before voting on it this week.