Loaded long gun in vehicle?

[Paulw007]

I looked but did not find if you can legally carry a loaded long gun in your vehicle in Indiana.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

I looked but did not find if you can legally carry a loaded long gun in your vehicle in Indiana.

Yes. But depending on the firearm it may not be safe to have one in the chamber. If it has a floating firing pin and nothing blocking it a hard jar can cause an AD.

It also depends on if you're hunting or not.

 

[Paulw007]

Understood, also not hunting.

 

[patience0830]

I looked but did not find if you can legally carry a loaded long gun in your vehicle in Indiana.

Yes. Unless you're driving through the school or the courthouse. The buildings, not the parking lot.

 

[Paulw007]

Lol, that would be bad.

 

[JTKelly]

I looked but did not find if you can legally carry a loaded long gun in your vehicle in Indiana.

In our country EVERYTHING is legal until they pass a law specifically against it.

 

[KellyinAvon]

If you can lawfully carry under Constitutional Carry (mirrors the requirements to obtain a License To Carry a Handgun) you are good.

Edit: just read the long gun part. Not prohibited possessor = you good. There is a reference for hunting and ATVs that gets confused with for defensive purposes.

 

[BigMoose]

Yeah, just don't be driving the car around looking at wildlife with that in the car... that may get you in hot water.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

If you can lawfully carry under Constitutional Carry (mirrors the requirements to obtain a License To Carry a Handgun) you are good.

Edit: just read the long gun part. Not prohibited possessor = you good. There is a reference for hunting and ATVs that gets confused with for defensive purposes.

Forgot about the ATV.

 

[Paulw007]

Thanks everyone

 

[ratames]

Welcome to INGO!

 

[teddy12b]

Keep in mind, regardless of whether or not you're hunting, you could be accused of poaching. Personally, I don't leave one in the chamber of a rifle in the vehicle.

 

[1nderbeard]

Yes. Unless you're driving through the school or the courthouse. The buildings, not the parking lot.

Not an attorney.

When I looked at the statute about schools it seems to indicate "school" means the building and the grounds. I presume grounds would include the parking lot. I've re thought picking up my kids in a vehicle storing any kind of firearm.

 

[Lpherr]

Yeah, just don't be driving the car around looking at wildlife with that in the car... that may get you in hot water.

Does that include driving slowly and gazing passed a zoo?

 

[printcraft]

Not an attorney.

When I looked at the statute about schools it seems to indicate "school" means the building and the grounds. I presume grounds would include the parking lot. I've re thought picking up my kids in a vehicle storing any kind of firearm.

As long as it stays in the vehicle, out of plain sight, it's fine.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Does that include driving slowly and gazing passed a zoo?

Did somebody say zoo?

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Not an attorney.

When I looked at the statute about schools it seems to indicate "school" means the building and the grounds. I presume grounds would include the parking lot. I've re thought picking up my kids in a vehicle storing any kind of firearm.

Yes, school includes the grounds. But there is an exemption for vehicles. Look up IC 35-47-9-1, specifically (4) and (6).

IANAL

 

[Expat]

I know I like to drive slowly on dirt roads, spotlighting deer, with a 30-30 across my lap. Just for the giggles.

 

[firecadet613]

Not an attorney.

When I looked at the statute about schools it seems to indicate "school" means the building and the grounds. I presume grounds would include the parking lot. I've re thought picking up my kids in a vehicle storing any kind of firearm.

A parking law exemption was passed a few years ago. A few INGO members went and testified in support of this at the statehouse.

I know at my son's prior school, you could have been parked on the street, 50' from the front door and been perfectly legal, but 500' away in a school parking lot and been breaking the law...