I have looked into this myself before, as I plan to attend IU next fall.
If you check out IU's Police Department website, there will be a FAQ link, where there is a question about weapons on campus. The section states that carrying a weapon on campus is alright, if you have written permission for the Chief of Police. I'm guessing that is for students only? Hope this helps!
I have looked into this myself before, as I plan to attend IU next fall.
If you check out IU's Police Department website, there will be a FAQ link, where there is a question about weapons on campus. The section states that carrying a weapon on campus is alright, if you have written permission for the Chief of Police. I'm guessing that is for students only? Hope this helps!
Firearms? Are weapons allowed on campus?
Firearms are not allowed on campus unless you have received written permission from the Chief of Police. Violation of this University Policy will result in application of any relevant Indiana Statutes as well as University sanctions. For additional information consult IU Human Resources the IU Student Code of Conduct.
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IUPD is wrong on the subject. I guess if you get "permission" then they won't take and administrative action against an associate, but they cannot do anything to anyone legally speaking (except trespass I suppose if an agent authorized by the school asks you to leave and you refuse.)
There are no applicable ICs, so they're just trying to scare you into keeping the bad bad guns off campus
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Possession of any weapon or potential weapon on any university property contrary to law or university policy; possession or display of any firearm on university property, except in the course of an authorized activity.
There is no law that prohibits carrying on an IU or any other college campus in Indiana. It is only an IU policy. If you are a student, if caught, you could, and probably would be expelled. If you are an IU employee, you would be disciplined and could be fired. If you are just visiting, all they can do is ask you to leave.
The section states that carrying a weapon on campus is alright, if you have written permission for the Chief of Police.
My next door neighbor is an IUPD officer and he told me even if you are driving through campus and have a gun in the car (for any reason) it will most likely be confiscated (hunting guns can too but not likely)
It would depend on how the courts of defined a school for the purposes of IC 35-47-9. It spells out pretty specifically who is, and who is not, allowed to carry on school property.
I don't know of any specific Indiana legal challenges. Saying there's no law is a bit like putting the cart before the horse. There IS a law which prohibits the carrying of firearms on school property, but I'm not sure if there's a definition of school out there (in some obscure case law) which states that a university isn't considered a school for the purposes of that Chapter of the Indiana Code.