Far-Right Indiana Rep Flashes Gun At Student Activists

January 31, 2024 Mass Shootings, Republicans

The Indiana Statehouse File reports:

Students from Burris Laboratory School in Muncie who were visiting the Statehouse Tuesday say they felt threatened after Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, opened his coat and flashed a handgun. The students, members of Students Demand Action, had traveled to Indianapolis to attend the annual Advocacy Day held at the state capitol to ask lawmakers to do more to curb gun violence.

A video made by one of the students, Makynna Fivecoats, 17, captures Lucas, the students and a parent chaperone, Alison Case, discussing gun laws and school shootings. A few minutes into the discussion, Lucas flashed his gun to the teenagers by lifting his blazer. “I’m carrying right now,” Lucas told the group. After the incident, the students said Lucas’ action made them feel unsafe and unprotected.

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My May 2023 report on Lucas’s DUI arrest is here. His DUI crash resulted in a guilty plea and six months probation, with his insurance carrier covering $4000 in restitution and court costs. 

Earlier last year the Indiana House approved his bill that would provide funding for teachers to undergo gun training. His Twitter feed is a cornucopia of anti-vax, QAnon, stolen election, cultist batshittery.



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