I may or may not drive on a city street that runs right through the heart of a local university, daily. If I were to have a firearm in my possession while doing so, would I be breaking the law?
I may or may not drive on a city street that runs right through the heart of a local university, daily. If I were to have a firearm in my possession while doing so, would I be breaking the law?
You wouldn't be breaking the law if you were sitting in a classroom with a firearm as long as you have your LTCH. You might be violating campus policy though.
That's my policy as well.Policy schmolicy.
Colleges aren't classified as schools so the law doesn't apply to them
I know, but I'm covering all bases for anyone thinking of carrying on a college campus in Indiana. It isn't a K-12 school, so the gun free zone laws don't apply to it. You can CC all you want. The worse they can do to you is kick you out and the worse the school can do is expel you. But of course that only happens if someone finds out you are carrying, so I would just conceal the gun...which is the whole point and not brag about it or even talk about it with classmates unless they too are also fellow gun owners, but even then, it's called keeping a low profile.
Yep.In Indiana?
Yep.
In Indiana, Colleges and Universities are not defined as "schools" under State law. So, they might have a policy, but that's it.
For Schools (as in K12, pre-, and HeadStart), firearms are allowed locked in vehicles, out of sight. This is a relatively recent change, IIRC.
I may or may not drive on a city street that runs right through the heart of a local university, daily. If I were to have a firearm in my possession while doing so, would I be breaking the law?
Well . . . it depends. Sorry, I cannot help it, it's like ringing the bell.
Ok, let's wargame it out:
1. If you are prohibited person (felon, domestic batterer, substance abuser, etc.), yes you are breaking the law.
2. If the "firearm" stolen, yes you are breaking the law.
3. If the firearm is an untaxed Title II weapon, yes you are breaking the law.
4. Assuming arguendo that the firearm is NOT stolen, or untaxed Title II and you are not a prohibited person, then, no, you are not breaking the law.
5. If the firearm is a handgun and you do not have a LTCH, then yes you are breaking the law.
6. If you have a LTCH, and the firearm is a handgun, then you are not breaking the law.
The confusion lies in the use of the word "school". In Indiana schools are K-12, not junior colleges, trade schools, colleges and universities. People, in the day to day living as normal, decent human beings, use "school" broadly to include Purdue or IU.
Well . . . it depends. Sorry, I cannot help it, it's like ringing the bell.
Ok, let's wargame it out:
1. If you are prohibited person (felon, domestic batterer, substance abuser, etc.), yes you are breaking the law.
2. If the "firearm" stolen, yes you are breaking the law.
3. If the firearm is an untaxed Title II weapon, yes you are breaking the law.
4. Assuming arguendo that the firearm is NOT stolen, or untaxed Title II and you are not a prohibited person, then, no, you are not breaking the law.
5. If the firearm is a handgun and you do not have a LTCH, then yes you are breaking the law.
6. If you have a LTCH, and the firearm is a handgun, then you are not breaking the law.
The confusion lies in the use of the word "school". In Indiana schools are K-12, not junior colleges, trade schools, colleges and universities. People, in the day to day living as normal, decent human beings, use "school" broadly to include Purdue or IU.
...The worse they can do to you is kick you out and the worse the school can do is expel you. .
OK, now I'm curious. On what grounds could the university or college kick me out?
Let's assume I am
a) Joe Citizen walking through, not a student or staff or contractor (I have no legal/contractual relationship with the univ/college).
b) It is a state uni or college, like IU or Purdue, not a private one.
c) I have license to carry a handgun
Can the uni or college make me leave if it comes to light, in some legal manner, that I am carrying, because there is a uni/college policy against it?
Does this change if I am a student (i.e. it sounds as if I can be expelled for violating the school policy)?
WARNING HUMOR ATTEMPT*** so there Kirk
On #5 you can be off duty LEO and carry without a LTCH licence using only agency I'd under LEOSA as that does away with the need of a handgun permit/licence.