Daniels signs controversial gun bill

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Governor Mitch Daniels signed the controversial gun bill today that allows you to bring a gun to work so long as it is kept in a locked vehicle.

Daniels explained his action with the following statement:

“Considering the clear language of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and the even stronger language of Article 1 Section Thirty-Two of the Indiana Constitution, protecting these rights as provided in HEA 1065 is appropriate. I also am compelled to give great weight to the overwhelming consensus of both Houses of the General Assembly as they passed this bipartisan statute. The law does contain ambiguities that the General Assembly may wish to refine at some future date, to avoid unnecessary litigation, but the understandable concerns raised against the bill do not suffice to justify a trespass on a fundamental right so expressly protected by our founding documents.”