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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2015 22:11:45 GMT -5
INDIANA LAW CONCERNING HANDGUNS • Indiana requires a License to Carry a Handgun if you want to carry a handgun off of your property or business location. • There is no required firearms registration law in Indiana. • There is no assault weapons law in Indiana. • There is no magazine capacity restriction in Indiana. • You can legally carry your handgun with a License to Carry a Handgun in the open or concealed. Indiana does not restrict the way you carry your handgun. • Indiana is a Castle Doctrine state. • Indiana does not require you to inform a law enforcement officer that you are carrying a handgun if you are stopped by the police. • If you do not have a License to Carry a Handgun, you can still transport your handgun in your car as long as the handgun is unloaded, not readily accessible, and secured in a case in a vehicle, on your own property, from the place of purchase and to a firearm range for the purpose of practice. • You must be 18 years of age to apply for a License to Carry a Handgun and you must be at least 21 years of age to buy a handgun in the State of Indiana. • Generally speaking, possession of long guns is legal whether the gun is either on one's person or in one's motor vehicle, loaded or not, concealed or not. • It is illegal to carry a concealed weapon, even sporting arms, on school property (K-12 and day care) or on a school bus, Lawful gun owners may have guns in their vehicles on school property provided the gun is stored out of plain sight in the person's locked motor vehicle or that the driver is only transporting someone to, or from, a school event. It is also illegal to carry on a commercial airplane or in the controlled section of an airport, on a riverboat gambling cruise, at the Indiana State Fair, courthouses and the Indiana Statehouse and Government Center. • Private businesses may restrict or forbid firearms on their properties. It is not illegal to carry your handgun concealed into a store that has a sign up that states – NO FIREARMS ALLOWED – because this sign does not carry the force of law, it is a rule of that business. However, a 2010 law prohibits employers from discharging employees for in-vehicle firearms possession on business property. Furthermore, an employer may not ask any employee about the possession of firearms and/or ammunition. • Firearms dealers or private individuals may not sell any firearm to someone less than 18 years old, or less than 23 years old if the buyer was "adjudicated a delinquent child for an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult", or to a person who is mentally incompetent or is a drug or alcohol abuser. • All NFA-regulated weapons and devices are legal in Indiana. NFA stands for National Firearms Act. The NFA, for the most part, applies to machine guns, submachine guns, suppressors, and short barrel rifles and shotguns. Here is an interesting tidbit of information - In January 2013, the Indiana State Police Firearms Section began publishing quarterly reports that show the number of active handgun licenses held by Indiana residents. As of the second quarter of 2014, over 570 thousand Indiana residents possess a handgun license, with about 20 percent of license holders being female. I hope this information is helpful to you. If you ever have a question on the law concerning handguns – Contact your local Indiana State Police Post. They are a great source for this type of information. Guy Minnis WARRIOR DYNAMICS Newburgh, IN |
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Post by greghopper on Dec 27, 2015 22:21:57 GMT -5
The very first statement above is not completely TRUE.....
In Indiana while hunting, an individual may carry a handgun without a handgun license in accordance with Indiana Code 35-47-2-1 at iga.IN.gov And at a shooting range (as defined in IC 14-22-31.5-3) and while attending a firearms instructional course.
BTW... This can be done on private & public land
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Post by dbd870 on Dec 28, 2015 7:37:30 GMT -5
Beat me to it - noticed that as well.
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 28, 2015 7:55:13 GMT -5
Another correction, you only have to be 21 to buy a handgun from an ffl dealer. You can buy at age 18 from private individuals
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Post by squirrelhunter on Dec 28, 2015 13:21:37 GMT -5
"Generally speaking, possession of long guns is legal whether the gun is either on one's person or in one's motor vehicle, loaded or not, concealed or not."
My son and some friends were coon hunting 1 night and had their loaded rifles in the truck with them and a cop pulled them over for a light out or something and was telling them he could give them a fine for having loaded firearms in the vehicle without a permit. I told Mathew the cop was nuts because the permit is for "handguns" not "rifles" and that having loaded rifles in the truck wasn't illegal. He just said "well that's what the cop said".
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 28, 2015 14:26:30 GMT -5
Some cops like to make up laws as they go. I've delt with those types myself.
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Post by single_shooter on Dec 29, 2015 23:51:04 GMT -5
OK...things must have changed since I read the laws. When I moved back to Indiana from Arizona I checked and there was NO way to LEGALLY carry a firearm in your car without a carry permit, either a personal protection or a hunting/target permit to carry a handgun. Even if it was in a locked box in the trunk you were in violation of the law.
As I understood it...once you buy a handgun you can take it home but once it's there you needed a permit to transport it from your property. This was affirmed by my local CLEO.
It used to be that you were not allowed to carry a handgun openly unless a security guard, hunting, or at a firing range. And carrying a handgun openly could be considered brandishing...I know, a big stretch of common sense there.
Did they change the handgun definition in Indiana?? I bought an old folding stock M-1 rifle when I was a kid. My Dad's cousin (the sheriff deputy) flipped out when he saw it the next day. According to Indiana statutes...if it is not an affixed shoulder firing buttstock and can be readily removed, folded, and fired with a pistol grip...it's a handgun and therefore you had to be 21 to purchase it. So, basically, they didn't care if it had a 3 foot barrel...if it was a pistol grip or a folding buttstock, it was legally a handgun.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 30, 2015 6:34:02 GMT -5
OK...things must have changed since I read the laws. When I moved back to Indiana from Arizona I checked and there was NO way to LEGALLY carry a firearm in your car without a carry permit, either a personal protection or a hunting/target permit to carry a handgun. Even if it was in a locked box in the trunk you were in violation of the law. As I understood it...once you buy a handgun you can take it home but once it's there you needed a permit to transport it from your property. This was affirmed by my local CLEO. It used to be that you were not allowed to carry a handgun openly unless a security guard, hunting, or at a firing range. And carrying a handgun openly could be considered brandishing...I know, a big stretch of common sense there. Did they change the handgun definition in Indiana?? I bought an old folding stock M-1 rifle when I was a kid. My Dad's cousin (the sheriff deputy) flipped out when he saw it the next day. According to Indiana statutes...if it is not an affixed shoulder firing buttstock and can be readily removed, folded, and fired with a pistol grip...it's a handgun and therefore you had to be 21 to purchase it. So, basically, they didn't care if it had a 3 foot barrel...if it was a pistol grip or a folding buttstock, it was legally a handgun. A lot has changed. |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Dec 30, 2015 10:26:12 GMT -5
OK...things must have changed since I read the laws. When I moved back to Indiana from Arizona I checked and there was NO way to LEGALLY carry a firearm in your car without a carry permit, either a personal protection or a hunting/target permit to carry a handgun. Even if it was in a locked box in the trunk you were in violation of the law. As I understood it ...once you buy a handgun you can take it home but once it's there you needed a permit to transport it from your property. This was affirmed by my local CLEO.It used to be that you were not allowed to carry a handgun openly unless a security guard, hunting, or at a firing range. And carrying a handgun openly could be considered brandishing...I know, a big stretch of common sense there. Did they change the handgun definition in Indiana?? I bought an old folding stock M-1 rifle when I was a kid. My Dad's cousin (the sheriff deputy) flipped out when he saw it the next day. According to Indiana statutes...if it is not an affixed shoulder firing buttstock and can be readily removed, folded, and fired with a pistol grip...it's a handgun and therefore you had to be 21 to purchase it. So, basically, they didn't care if it had a 3 foot barrel...if it was a pistol grip or a folding buttstock, it was legally a handgun. I just got my carry permit this past spring, when I applied there was a choice for the hunting/target permit. I asked the officer at the station about it when I went to pay my local fees, since I was of the understanding you didn't need a permit to hunt with a handgun. He him-hawed around and eventually said you had to have a permit to take one anywhere, even home from the gun store.
He obviously didn't know the law very well. Sad thing is, he's the one there that deals with all the handgun permit applications.
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Post by 36fan on Dec 30, 2015 18:58:25 GMT -5
A few years ago be would've been correct. But as has been stated, the laws have changed. He should know that.
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Post by single_shooter on Dec 30, 2015 23:42:42 GMT -5
As I stated...things must have changed, but according to what lawrencecountyhunter says...apparently it hash't changed..as of this year (just a few months ago). Maybe we ought to get a true LEGAL opinion on this??
I have never trusted my freedom to the opinions of the average person....I call my attorney...period. That means I don't trust the opinions of a police officer either...they are human plus they have a personal interest in the answer as well as the possibility of misunderstanding the law so I don't trust their answers to be 100% truthful and correct either.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Dec 31, 2015 0:09:18 GMT -5
Yep.. Just look at the first few posts of this thread to see examples of incorrect information being distributed as if it's an authoritative summary of Indiana's handgun laws.
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Post by 36fan on Dec 31, 2015 8:42:42 GMT -5
As I stated...things must have changed, but according to what lawrencecountyhunter says...apparently it hash't changed..as of this year (just a few months ago). Maybe we ought to get a true LEGAL opinion on this?? I have never trusted my freedom to the opinions of the average person....I call my attorney...period. That means I don't trust the opinions of a police officer either...they are human plus they have a personal interest in the answer as well as the possibility of misunderstanding the law so I don't trust their answers to be 100% truthful and correct either. Things have changed. Lawrence indicated he talked to an LEO that doesn't know the laws. The new law went into affect July 1, 2011: News story on new gun lawsand then SEA 229 was enacted last year that allows you to have firearm out of sight in your vehicle on school property (*Does not apply to students). |
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Post by greghopper on Dec 31, 2015 9:00:31 GMT -5
Yep.. Just look at the first few posts of this thread to see examples of incorrect information being distributed as if it's an authoritative summary of Indiana's handgun laws. Want give the examples your calling out?? |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Dec 31, 2015 9:19:27 GMT -5
Yep.. Just look at the first few posts of this thread to see examples of incorrect information being distributed as if it's an authoritative summary of Indiana's handgun laws. Want give the examples your calling out?? You and TrapperDave pointed them out.. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 31, 2015 9:28:50 GMT -5
Want give the examples your calling out?? You and TrapperDave pointed them out.. Yep, What I posted is what Guy Minnis posted on FaceBook. That lead to discussion I always take any "law" posted on the net with a grain of salt... |
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Post by single_shooter on Dec 31, 2015 11:19:06 GMT -5
But Woody...it's on the internet...the internet doesn't lie...
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Post by jdaily on Dec 31, 2015 11:23:27 GMT -5
Guy has corrected the misinformation on his FB page. For the record, never take someones word for Indiana gun laws, or for that matter any states gun laws. Look up the IC codes yourself. And yes, there are officers out there that don't know the current laws.
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Post by nfalls116 on Dec 31, 2015 12:37:25 GMT -5
alot of the Indiana codes are more clear than the cops understand them to be
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Post by firstwd on Dec 31, 2015 22:11:27 GMT -5
Officers simply can not know by heart every single law. Lawyers and judges have to look them up and check definitions of wording to make sure they are correct. That's why every arrest is "on suspicion of" and code books are checked before charging information is filed.
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