Transporting a handgun without a license. OFFICIAL!!!!!!

[VUPDblue]

I sent an inquiry to Gov. Daniels regarding transporting a handgun without a license in this state. I know what the statute says, but it seems that some people claim they have been told that transporting is OK without a license if the firearm is disassembled, stored in a locked container etc... I wanted clarification and I got it. I specifically asked if transporting to a firing range was allowed because the range would be considered a place of business. Following is the response I got from Ruben Marte, Captain, Assistant Commander, Indiana State Police Firearms Records Division:


Update to original email is pending a telephone conversation with Captain Marte. Information relayed in original email may have been incorrect.

 

[BrandonM]

You need to forward me that email so I can take it to my gun shop!! lol

 

[pudly]

Thanks for getting clarification on the carry to the range question. That whole discussion was getting rather old. I don't suppose you also asked about having a non-licensed person use someone else's gun at a range, did you?

 

[rtrouten]

I dont understand? If you are a hunter and dont have a carry license, you cant take your gun?

 

[Scutter01]

I dont understand? If you are a hunter and dont have a carry license, you cant take your gun?

You can't take a handgun. The statute does not address rifles. To hunt with a handgun you would need a personal protection license or a hunting and target license.

 

[Scutter01]

Oh, and that is SO added to the FAQ. Twice.

 

[VUPDblue]

You can't take a handgun. The statute does not address rifles. To hunt with a handgun you would need a personal protection license or a hunting and target license.

This.

 

[groovatron]

I broke the law for several years due to my own ignorance with this issue. Most LEO don't even know. Many of them unknowingly misdirect folks as well. It was this issue in paticular that started my thirst for knowing the laws. Thanks for getting more confirmation! Too many stories of people gettting into trouble based on a simple misunderstanding.

 

[Scutter01]

You can't take a handgun. The statute does not address rifles. To hunt with a handgun you would need a personal protection license or a hunting and target license.

This.

I guess I should qualify that it's moot if you're hunting on your own property, although the DNR might have its own regulations.

 

[public servant]

Oh, and that is SO added to the FAQ. Twice.

FAQ? When did we get that?? You folks should announce things such as this!!!

 

[IndyGunworks]

who is going to be the one to break the news to pop guns? they have been telling people for years that its ok to come to their range w/out a hangun license....

 

[Scutter01]

who is going to be the one to break the news to pop guns? they have been telling people for years that its ok to come to their range w/out a hangun license....

Note that the question was specifically about transporting, not shooting someone else's gun at a range (not that you're necessarily wrong...)

 

[edsinger]

I have INGO to thank on knowing that I could not go to the range without my LTCH. Just today I was passing the same information along to someone else.

for :INGO:

 

[HobbyGuy]

I see someone that will end up in the ban hammer game pretty quick for this.

FAQ? When did we get that?? You folks should announce things such as this!!!

 

[38special]

But my cousin knows a girl that's married to a cop and he said it was fine as long as I brought my reloading equipment and disassembled ammunition and pistol, then proceeded to reload the ammo at the range, as well as put the pistol back together, and pay the $5 temporary fee to his paypal acct.

 

[IUGradStudent]

Anyone else not see the line that is a HUGE change from the INGO interpretation of those statutes? This jumped out at me big time:

"However, the statues do allow the transportation from your dwelling to your own place of business."

This means you can carry a loaded handgun to & from their own business every day without a LTCH, right? No stops at Kroger on the way home, but that is still a heckuva lot of carrying that is possible without a license.

The older INGO reading was that you had to take it from the store right to your business and then leave it there. No riding to & from work with you in your car.

Anyone else see this?

 

[Scutter01]

Anyone else not see the line that is a HUGE change from the INGO interpretation of those statutes? This jumped out at me big time:

"However, the statues do allow the transportation from your dwelling to your own place of business."

This means you can carry a loaded handgun to & from their own business every day without a LTCH, right? No stops at Kroger on the way home, but that is still a heckuva lot of carrying that is possible without a license.

The older INGO reading was that you had to take it from the store right to your business and then leave it there. No riding to & from work with you in your car.

Anyone else see this?

I don't recall anyone ever saying you could only transport it from home to work one time. The statute clearly says to/from your home to/from your fixed place of business.

Also, I'm not sure I'd call it "carrying" since it has to be in a "unloaded and in a secure wrapper".

 

[R3ydium]

Thanks for the update!

 

[rimfire_crazed]

This is great clarification. It contradicts everything I've ever been told by ranges I visit, including the ECPL, PopGuns, and *gasp* Don's guns. I was once told by Gary Shoemaker before he died that transporting "to and from an FFL" was expressly legal. I can't think of the # of possible arrests I've had over the years. (licensed now)

 

[AFA1CY]

I think some of the confusion is attributed to the funny wording.

(11) any person while carrying a handgun unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his dwelling or fixed place of business, or to a place of repair or back to his dwelling or fixed place of business, or in moving from one dwelling or business to another (dwelling or business).

- Italics added.

The word "another" is key. One could interpret that the IC only allows for transporting from one dwelling to another dwelling and one business to another business, not between a dwelling and a business.

I just wonder how this would play out in a courtroom.