Car transport of hand gun in Indiana

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Prof Young

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The excerpt below is from that NRA web site about state gun laws and this is front he Indiana page. Looks to me like there is no legal way for a non concealed carry permit hold to take a hand gun from home to the shooting range. Can that be right?

Exceptions to carrying without a license include:

carrying in one’s dwelling; on one’s property or fixed place of business;
law enforcement officers and authorized corrections and judicial officers; military personnel while on duty; regularly enrolled members of any organization authorized to purchase or receive weapons from the U.S. or from Indiana while they are at or going to or from their place of assembly or target practice;
employees of the U.S. duly authorized to carry handguns; express company employees when engaged in company business;
persons engaged in the firearms business in the usual or ordinary course of that business;
or any person while carrying a handgun unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to their home or business or to and from a place of repair or in moving from one place of abode or business to another.
carrying on an off-road vehicle or snowmobile where: the carrier has a license to carry, is exempted from requiring a license or on private property where the carrier has an actual interest in the property or permission from the actual property owner.
 
Sounds like it. Nevada is similar with poor wording of the transportation side of the law. Here there's not even a provision for getting it home from the gun shop. Although here I guess you could just buy a holster and OC it home.

Although it would also depend on earlier in that law how they define "carrying" or "concealed carry" whether it has to be on your person and/or easily accessible to count.
 
Indiana no longer requires a permit to take a pistol off your property or to a range. Treat the pistol like you would a rifle or shotgun and you'll be fine.
 
When you have a question about a state law, why not just go to the "state law website" and look up the regulation yourself?
You can access all state laws online... when you Google "indiana firearm law", this is the first link:
http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title35/ar47/

Although it's spelled out clearly, I thought most state governments considered a privately owned vehicle to be an extension of the "home"... if so, then it's pretty clear Indiana does not want you carrying in your car with the weapon in a condition to defend yourself. It would be interesting to see this in court. It looks like it's a no-brainer to get a license in Indiana... wonder why they've got such a hard-on for no unlicensed carry in vehicles?
Below is the verbiage from CHAPTER 2, REGULATION OF HANDGUNS

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Carrying a handgun without being licensed; exceptions; person convicted of domestic battery
Sec. 1.
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and section 2 of this chapter, a person shall not carry a handgun in any vehicle or on or about the person's body without being licensed under this chapter to carry a handgun.
(b) Except as provided in subsection
(c), a person may carry a handgun without being licensed under this chapter to carry a handgun if:
(1) the person carries the handgun on or about the person's body in or on property that is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise legally controlled by the person;
(2) the person carries the handgun on or about the person's body while lawfully present in or on property that is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise legally controlled by another person, if the person:
(A) has the consent of the owner, renter, lessor, or person who legally controls the property to have the handgun on the premises;
(B) is attending a firearms related event on the property, including a gun show, firearms expo, gun owner's club or convention, hunting club, shooting club, or training course; or
(C) is on the property to receive firearms related services, including the repair, maintenance, or modification of a firearm;
(3) the person carries the handgun in a vehicle that is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise legally controlled by the person, if the handgun is:
(A) unloaded;
(B) not readily accessible; and
(C) secured in a case;
(4) the person carries the handgun while lawfully present in a vehicle that is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise legally controlled by another person, if the handgun is:
(A) unloaded;
(B) not readily accessible; and
(C) secured in a case; or
(5) the person carries the handgun:
(A) at a shooting range (as defined in IC 14-22-31.5-3);
(B) while attending a firearms instructional course; or
(C) while engaged in a legal hunting activity.
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Good deal

Thanks to all for the info. Guess the NRA site is out of date or far too condensed. The suggestion to look up the actual state laws is a good one. I guess I assumed the NRA site was all of it.

Live well, be safe
Prof Young
 
IN law was actually changed fairly recently (within the last year IIRC) to make the carrying of an unloaded gun to and from the range legal without the necessity of a LTCH. Previously, one needed either a Personal Protection License or a Hunting and Target License to legally posses a handgun outside of private property. The change is law was one of several pro-gun laws signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels.
 
I will have to say one thing about Indiana and out of state CCW users.

My wife was visiting her folks in Indiana and was involved in a traffic accident. Her car had to be towed. The police asked her if she had anything in the car that she needed retrieved before the tow truck hauled it away.

She replied she had her revolver in the glove compartment and showed the Police her Wyoming CCW permit (Indiana recognizes WY permits).

The police got the gun, unloaded it. Wife called her brother for a ride and the police took her to the police station to wait for her brother. When her brother arrived the officer handed wife her gun and ammo.

Wife says they, the police couldn't have been more courteous. There was no problems with the revolver. They did unload it and hold it for her until her ride arrived witch is totally understandable.
 
I will have to say one thing about Indiana and out of state CCW users.

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She replied she had her revolver in the glove compartment and showed the Police her Wyoming CCW permit (Indiana recognizes WY permits).
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Indiana is one of a growing number of states that recognize all other states CWPs. Unfortantly for my Indiana family that comes to visit my state does not recognize IN. Always more to get fixed in the gun laws, even in relatively good states like VA.
 
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