Do I need a license to carry?

[crobbins2009]

I know I need one eventually, and I plan on getting it, but I was wondering if I had to have one to shoot my pistol.

I have heard from people around here that you don't have to have a license to carry if you are just taking your pistol to the range to shoot with the ammo stored seperatly in the vehicle. I'm not sure if this is true or not. I also read somewhere that some ranges will ask you for it before you shoot there. Just curious on what the actual law is here and I couldn't find it anywhere online

 

[BloodEclipse]

You must have a License to Carry if you plan to take it anywhere outside of your property or place of business.

Edit: This is one of many threads discussing this.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo..._defense/92850-to_carry_without_the_ltch.html

 

[ryknoll3]

I will post the code here for you. The applicable sections are:

IC 35-47-2-1
Carrying a handgun without a license or by person convicted of domestic battery
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 2 of this chapter, a person shall not carry a handgun in any vehicle or on or about the person's body, except in the person's dwelling, on the person's property or fixed place of business, without a license issued under this chapter being in the person's possession.

IC 35-47-2-2
Excepted persons
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this chapter does not apply to:
(1) marshals;
(2) sheriffs;
(3) the commissioner of the department of correction or persons authorized by him in writing to carry firearms;
(4) judicial officers;
(5) law enforcement officers;
(6) members of the armed forces of the United States or of the national guard or organized reserves while they are on duty;
(7) regularly enrolled members of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receive such weapons from the United States or from this state who are at or are going to or from their place of assembly or target practice;
(8) employees of the United States duly authorized to carry handguns;
(9) employees of express companies when engaged in company business;
(10) any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms or the agent or representative of any such person having in his possession, using, or carrying a handgun in the usual or ordinary course of that business; or
(11) any person while carrying a handgun unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his dwelling or fixed place of business, or to a place of repair or back to his dwelling or fixed place of business, or in moving from one dwelling or business to another.

 

[ATM]

...I have heard from people around here that you don't have to have a license to carry if you are just taking your pistol to the range to shoot with the ammo stored seperatly in the vehicle. I'm not sure if this is true or not...

It is not true but it is a horribly common misconception.

We are held to the standard of the Indiana code and no amount of advice, even from law enforcement officers, will afford you any exception.

Get the LTCH.

 

[downzero]

I think the answer is that everyone needs one.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I know I need one eventually, and I plan on getting it, but I was wondering if I had to have one to shoot my pistol.

I have heard from people around here that you don't have to have a license to carry if you are just taking your pistol to the range to shoot with the ammo stored seperatly in the vehicle. I'm not sure if this is true or not. I also read somewhere that some ranges will ask you for it before you shoot there. Just curious on what the actual law is here and I couldn't find it anywhere online

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You've gotten this answer from the above members, but this and other questions can be found in the INGO FAQ*, linked in my signature. You're welcome to ask such questions, of course, but there aren't many IN law or other carry-type questions that aren't answered somewhere on here. (The in-forum search engine is awful, just so you know. It works, but it's temperamental.)

Blessings,
Bill

*(Cue peanut gallery in....3...2...1)

 

[ATM]

* INGO has a FAQ?

 

[Bill of Rights]

* INGO has a FAQ?

Thank you, Mr. Peanut Gallery.

 

[Hammerhead]

Harumph, harumph, harumph, harumph!

 

[Bill of Rights]

Harumph, harumph, harumph, harumph!

Blazing Saddles, FTW!

 

[Roadie]

Also..
If I am not mistaken, I saw a sign at Wilbur Wright that said an LTCH was needed, and would be checked by ROs...

 

[crobbins2009]

Yeah everyone around here is totally mistaken on the law then as I was actaully pulled over by a state trooper the last time I was coming home from the range and he even told me it was fine... but I was thinking about going to a new range and saw somewhere that the LTCH would be checked when you were checking in so it got me thinking...

 

[Coach]

I know I need one eventually, and I plan on getting it, but I was wondering if I had to have one to shoot my pistol.

I have heard from people around here that you don't have to have a license to carry if you are just taking your pistol to the range to shoot with the ammo stored seperatly in the vehicle. I'm not sure if this is true or not. I also read somewhere that some ranges will ask you for it before you shoot there. Just curious on what the actual law is here and I couldn't find it anywhere online

A search on this site would show this same question has been covered before. You need the permit. Welcome to INGO. A search can be a good thing.

 

[pudly]

Yeah everyone around here is totally mistaken on the law then as I was actaully pulled over by a state trooper the last time I was coming home from the range and he even told me it was fine...

Sorry, but it has been shown numerous times on this board and elsewhere that LEOs are not always experts on the law. You got off easy. Read the FAQ and the code to educate yourself.

 

[MrsGungho]

Yeah everyone around here is totally mistaken on the law then as I was actaully pulled over by a state trooper the last time I was coming home from the range and he even told me it was fine... but I was thinking about going to a new range and saw somewhere that the LTCH would be checked when you were checking in so it got me thinking...

IC 35-47-2-1
Carrying a handgun without a license or by person convicted of domestic battery
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 2 of this chapter, a person shall not carry a handgun in any vehicle or on or about the person's body, except in the person's dwelling, on the person's property or fixed place of business, without a license issued under this chapter being in the person's possession.

IC states diferently

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

What's a FAQ?

 

[Scutter01]

Yeah everyone around here is totally mistaken on the law then as I was actaully pulled over by a state trooper the last time I was coming home from the range and he even told me it was fine

Check out this thread by another INGO member who got charged with a Class A Misdemeanor after an officer told him the very same thing:

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo..._self_defense/25254-asking_for_your_help.html

Incidentally, this is also linked in the INGO FAQ.

 

[eldirector]

Yeah everyone around here is totally mistaken on the law then as I was actaully pulled over by a state trooper the last time I was coming home from the range and he even told me it was fine... but I was thinking about going to a new range and saw somewhere that the LTCH would be checked when you were checking in so it got me thinking...

Ya got lucky. LTCH - get it.

Some ranges check licenses because there is NO LEGAL WAY to get from your house to the range w/o one. They don't want to be caught with a bunch of felons hanging out on their property.

 

[eldirector]

What's a FAQ?

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

We gots one here:
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...discussion/16185-ingunowners_faqs_sticky.html

 

[VUPDblue]

Yeah everyone around here is totally mistaken on the law then as I was actaully pulled over by a state trooper the last time I was coming home from the range and he even told me it was fine... but I was thinking about going to a new range and saw somewhere that the LTCH would be checked when you were checking in so it got me thinking...

I believe that said trooper chose not to enforce the law that day...call it discretion. By the letter of the law, you WERE in violation. Period.