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  • AFA1CY

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    Check the stickies. There are many posts. Basically you can carry anywhere except schools, school buses, places that schools are using for school functions, secured areas of airports, court buildings, riverboat casinos, Indiana State fair, and city owned property if the city so restricts. Signs have no meaning as far as restricting carry but a private property owner can ask you to leave and you must do so. HTH
     

    AndersonIN

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    Welcome to posting on the site! AFA1CY pretty much covered it! Some of us do carry in church so just check the posts and a person (I know I have) can learn a lot. Some very good minds on this site! Some will kinda scare you but overall a GREAT site, LOL!
     

    aclark

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    One more thought on church carry. If your church has a school / preschool attached to it it may be off limits. This is one of the grey areas in Indiana law.

    I'm pretty sure theres no gray area here, it IS off limits according to the law.

    As for the OP. Check out this post https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...16185-ingunowners_faqs_sticky.html#post187168 I would suggest reading the whole thread, but that post particularly is what you are looking for.

    Finally, I know its your choice, but your name is pretty long, and it throws the board outta wack. Might wanna PM Fenway about getting it shortened for the sake of us all.
     

    22lr

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    get a copy of Indiana Handgun Law by Byran Lee Ciyou. It covers just about every possible senareo and explains the laws about were you can and cannot carry.

    For example, you can bring a gun onto a school if your dropping a kid off, and you never leave the vehicle.

    There is a lot of little stuff like that, little if, ands and buts.
     

    HandK

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    get a copy of Indiana Handgun Law by Byran Lee Ciyou. It covers just about every possible senareo and explains the laws about were you can and cannot carry.

    For example, you can bring a gun onto a school if your dropping a kid off, and you never leave the vehicle.

    There is a lot of little stuff like that, little if, ands and buts.

    What he said!! +1, and welcome to INGO.
     

    in625shooter

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    I am a former police officer so let me point out the if a buisness posts signs (such as Walmart, they have poted signs a lot) state no weapons/handguns then you are not legal. The store is considered 'private property" They normally ask you to leave first if they see it.
     

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    I am a former police officer so let me point out the if a buisness posts signs (such as Walmart, they have poted signs a lot) state no weapons/handguns then you are not legal. The store is considered 'private property" They normally ask you to leave first if they see it.
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    AndersonIN

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    Just what he said: if your church has a school, preschool, or day care attached, it is a violation of federal law to carry there as the facility is considered school property for purposes of Indiana handgun law.

    Then it has NOTHING to do with the church. It has to do with school. It has never been illegal to carry in church.
     

    Ness2k

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    I am a former police officer so let me point out the if a buisness posts signs (such as Walmart, they have poted signs a lot) state no weapons/handguns then you are not legal. The store is considered 'private property" They normally ask you to leave first if they see it.

    Where in the IC does it say you cannot legally carry into an establishment that has a no firearms sign posted?

    Where in the IC does it say that you cannot legally carry onto private property?
     

    in625shooter

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    Where in the IC does it say you cannot legally carry into an establishment that has a no firearms sign posted?

    Where in the IC does it say that you cannot legally carry onto private property?


    I don't know why this gets people upset. It's not necessarily in the IC but here is how it works. A business is considered "private property" no different than your residence. The property owner ie management/owner in the case of the business can posts it as they do not allow weapons etc. If they see someone carrying a weapon and they ask them to leave (or at least put their weapon in their vehicle. Walmart and Honey Creek Mall in my experience are very polite and usually explain it well when it was an issue) Thus they make it not allowed on their property. If you refuse to remove the weapon/leave you will normally be charged with criminal trespass and your weapon confiscated.
    Technically it isn't illegal to carry a weapon but if you do not abide by the rules of the property owner that becomes illegal.

    Agree with it or not this is no different than if you wanted someone to leave your property. One case the person wanted to get verbal after we were there and he was arrested and his permit was revoked by the state police. All because after it was all explained he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

    I'm not saying you should or shouldn't carry in a posted store, normally it is never an issue for people that are discretely carrying and only becomes an issue if you do not leave/remove the firearm if your confronted. Do what your checkbook can handle.
     

    Pami

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    If you refuse to remove the weapon/leave you will normally be charged with criminal trespass and your weapon confiscated.
    Technically it isn't illegal to carry a weapon but if you do not abide by the rules of the property owner that becomes illegal.

    I think this is the point. Posting a sign that firearms are not allowed does not making carrying onto that property illegal. What I've seen on the hundreds of other posts that address this specific issue is that the property owner must ask you to leave first, and then it becomes criminal trespass if you refuse, but you must be asked to leave first.

    Posting the sign does not make carrying onto that property illegal. Refusing to leave if asked to do so does.
     

    indytechnerd

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    I think this is the point. Posting a sign that firearms are not allowed does not making carrying onto that property illegal. What I've seen on the hundreds of other posts that address this specific issue is that the property owner must ask you to leave first, and then it becomes criminal trespass if you refuse, but you must be asked to leave first.

    Posting the sign does not make carrying onto that property illegal. Refusing to leave if asked to do so does.

    Refusing to leave makes your presence on that property illegal, gun-toting or not. I know that's what you meant, but some would construe what you said as the act of carrying becomes illegal.
     

    in625shooter

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    Refusing to leave makes your presence on that property illegal, gun-toting or not. I know that's what you meant, but some would construe what you said as the act of carrying becomes illegal.


    True however, it is the presence of the "firearm" that makes it become illegal for you to be there, asked to leave or however you want to term it without writing a legal brief.
     

    indytechnerd

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    True however, it is the presence of the "firearm" that makes it become illegal for you to be there, asked to leave or however you want to term it without writing a legal brief.
    No, the presence of the firearm has no bearing on it.
    IC 35-43-2-2
    Criminal trespass; denial of entry; permission to enter; exceptions
    Sec. 2. (a) A person who:
    (1) not having a contractual interest in the property, knowingly or intentionally enters the real property of another person after having been denied entry by the other person or that person's agent;
    (2) not having a contractual interest in the property, knowingly or intentionally refuses to leave the real property of another person after having been asked to leave by the other person or that person's agent;
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    commits criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class D felony if it is committed on a scientific research facility, on a key facility, on a facility belonging to a public utility (as defined in IC 32-24-1-5.9(a)), on school property, or on a school bus or the person has a prior unrelated conviction for an offense under this section concerning the same property.

    Being asked to leave and saying 'no' or not leaving makes it illegal for me to be there, regardless of why I was asked to leave.
     

    AndersonIN

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    Good Points: NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE!

    These things are NOT illegal (except maybe for women, BUT NOT AT MY BUSINESS) but they can refuse you service and require you to leave!
     
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