Is state fair off limits?

[mbills2223]

Sheesh. First I get accused of violating someone's right to drown and now we are talking about violating someone else's right to be caught up in a twister! I just can't win around here! You can lead a horse to water....

Now you're calling us civilians horses...jeesh.

 

[VUPDblue]

We are all civilians here, however some of us are more civil than others.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Was at the fair Almost all day on Saturday.

Saw SEVERAL "pro 2A" shirts being g worn by all manner of people.

And, like I tend to do most places, I was looking to see if I could see anyone carrying a firearm.

I didn't notice a single one...Though I'm sure several were present.

 

[Josh Ward]

There is no way in H E double hockey stick I'd go to the State Fair without at least one firearm on me

Just sayin

 

[henktermaat]

Is there scanners or bag checks at the gate?

 

[eldirector]

Is there scanners or bag checks at the gate?

Not even close. They just take your tickets and wave you in. As it should be.

 

[Robert Richardson]

No-no so, I don't go-go.

 

[jfed85]

Interestingly enough, someone just found out. Looks like they were only asked to leave or secure the weapons in a vehicle. No charges

Man with five guns asked to leave State Fair - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

 

[RobertaX]

Looks like he forgot "Concealed is concealed."

I usually don't carry at the Fairgrounds during the Fair -- the population density is so high (and includes so many LEOs) that realistically, all you'd need to do is raise a hue and cry. (I am careful to avoid quiet cul-de-sacs, but I do that even armed, there's no point making crime easy.) Outside of my work, that's the only place I go where I don;t have a gun. Interestingly, despite the law (administrative code, FWIW) being writtent o include knives, neither my belt-carried Leatherman multil-tool or the knife clipped in my jeans pocket has ever been questioned. And my ex certainly did carry concealed at the Fair. So perhaps it's more of an 11th Commandment/"don't be a jerk" thing.

 

[eldirector]

Interestingly enough, someone just found out. Looks like they were only asked to leave or secure the weapons in a vehicle. No charges

Man with five guns asked to leave State Fair - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

No charges to "press". It is an administrative rule, not a law.

 

[jon5212]

My hero.

And what in the wide world of sports does that have to do with the OP? Other than to make you look like an internet badass of course?

I guess I wasn't clear enough... The administrative code needs to be changed... I do know someone on the fair board and will ask that this be presented. The fairgrounds is public property.

And my point about the possible twister was it is no good to go inside a wide open building herded like a bunch of sheep... and the amount of people it was utter chaos. I rather take my chances.

 

[Bennettjh]

No-no so, I don't go-go.

 

[lonehoosier]

This is another one that needs a bump, this is a good thread since the state fairs coming around the corner.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Another Bump.

Re-hash: (Unless I've somehow missed a recent development) carrying at the Indiana State Fair is verboten due to the regulations in the Indiana Administrative Code (IAC) - not the criminal code / Indiana Code (IC)