It doesn't matter if your wallet was stolen or someone was trying to take a picture of your butt. Assuming you are an Average Joe like me, you can only have your firearm in your vehicle on school grounds! I saw you printing plain as day and I wasn't really looking for it. I suppose it's on my consciousness at all times, but there you were at 4 o'clock all tucked in. I'm not the type to fly off the handle and get all SWATty, but some people are so watch your six.
IC 35-47-9-2 Possession of firearms on school property or a school bus; defense
to a prosecution; possession of firearms in a motor vehicle parked
in a school parking lot
commits a Level 6 felony.
IC 35-47-9-2 Possession of firearms on school property or a school bus; defense
to a prosecution; possession of firearms in a motor vehicle parked
in a school parking lot
Sec. 2. (a) A person may not be charged with an offense under this
subsection if the person may be charged with an offense described in
subsection (c). A person who knowingly or intentionally possesses a
firearm:
subsection if the person may be charged with an offense described in
subsection (c). A person who knowingly or intentionally possesses a
firearm:
(1) in or on school property; or
(2) on a school bus;
(2) on a school bus;
(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) that:
(1) the person is permitted to legally possess the firearm; and
(2) the firearm is:
(2) the firearm is:
(A) locked in the trunk of the person's motor vehicle;
(B) kept in the glove compartment of the person's locked
motor vehicle; or
(C) stored out of plain sight in the person's locked motor
vehicle.
(B) kept in the glove compartment of the person's locked
motor vehicle; or
(C) stored out of plain sight in the person's locked motor
vehicle.
(c) A person who is permitted to legally possess a firearm and who
knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly leaves the firearm in plain
view in a motor vehicle that is parked in a school parking lot commits
a Class A misdemeanor.
knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly leaves the firearm in plain
view in a motor vehicle that is parked in a school parking lot commits
a Class A misdemeanor.