The Open Carry Shotgun Thread

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by Steelman

If Indiana would issue a License To Carry Shotgun (LTCS) I'd have no use for anything else.

Pretty sure you can carry one without a license.

[Steelman]

Originally Posted by Scutter01

Pretty sure you can carry one without a license.

Not in the manner which my LTCH allows me to carry my handgun.



One in the pipe or mag will get me some face time with a judge. Also has to be in a case or secure wrapper.

[NateIU10]

Originally Posted by Steelman

Not in the manner which my LTCH allows me to carry my handgun.



One in the pipe or mag will get me some face time with a judge. Also has to be in a case or secure wrapper.

Yeah...I'd like to know what IC says that, because I'm 99.99% sure you can carry locked and loaded in a long gun because it is not addressed in ANY IC. No secure wrappings regs or emty chamber/no mag laws on the books.

[Steelman]

Originally Posted by NateIU10

Yeah...I'd like to know what IC says that, because I'm 99.99% sure you can carry locked and loaded in a long gun because it is not addressed in ANY IC. No secure wrappings regs or emty chamber/no mag laws on the books.

Well, with all due respect, the fact that you haven't found this in the criminal code doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.

I'm pretty damn sure that carrying an uncased loaded shotgun in the passenger seat of my Japanese sissy car is illegal.

I'm also pretty damn sure that slinging an uncased loaded shotgun over my shoulder and walking down the street will get me tazed, sprayed and stuffed in a Crown Vic.

I've been wrong once before.

[Soundslikejosh]

Originally Posted by NateIU10

Yeah...I'd like to know what IC says that, because I'm 99.99% sure you can carry locked and loaded in a long gun because it is not addressed in ANY IC. No secure wrappings regs or emty chamber/no mag laws on the books.

Amen. Not to be unnecessarily rude to anyone, but without a reference, any internet statement about laws or city codes or the bans on left-handed widget removers is untrustworthy.

People accidentally pass along incorrect information because they got it from a source they think is reliable (I am guilty too). No code reference= no law. Unless its from Kirk.

[Steelman]

Maybe start a new thread in "long guns"?

[NateIU10]

Originally Posted by Steelman

Well, with all due respect, the fact that you haven't found this in the criminal code doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.

I'm pretty damn sure that carrying an uncased loaded shotgun in the passenger seat of my Japanese sissy car is illegal.

I'm also pretty damn sure that slinging an uncased loaded shotgun over my shoulder and walking down the street will get me tazed, sprayed and stuffed in a Crown Vic.

I've been wrong once before.

You can carry locked and loaded in a vehicle in any manner you wish (unless its hanging out the window ) and you are legal. Members here have done it, and this has been in a thread before.

As to OCing long-guns, I am not saying you won't be charged with DTP or Disorderly conduct, but the simple action of carrying the weapon in the open is legal, and members here (i forget who) have open carried rifles in the state (Bloomington actually). Also, there have been news stories in other states where people (not of age for a CCW) OCed long-guns. Police were called, then left because no laws were being broken.

[Soundslikejosh]

Originally Posted by Steelman

I'm also pretty damn sure that slinging an uncased loaded shotgun over my shoulder and walking down the street will get me tazed, sprayed and stuffed in a Crown Vic.

Thats the truth. It used to be cops carried guns, so they actually had to think about whether or not they could shoot someone. Now its seems like every day there is a story about somebody getting tazed.

Respectfully, Steel, the question is not about whether it's prudent, but about whether it's illegal. If you think its a bad idea, then don't do it, but that doesn't mean it's illegal to do so.

[NateIU10]

Originally Posted by Soundslikejosh

any internet statement about laws or city codes or the bans on left-handed widget removers is untrustworthy.

When I'm back in B-town, we have to shoot man, I like your style

[Steelman]

Someone in LE or the legal field please settle a disagreement.


Is it legal to open carry a loaded shotgun in your vehicle or on your person?