I know you can't carry in a shipping port, but what about locking it up while in one? I work in the port of Indiana in Portage, and my employer doesn't allow firearms on premises but don't know if its because you can't have a firearm in the port or not. Any help would be appreciated.
Giving this one a bump. The Indiana port/shipping yard is part of the IAC. So I'm assuming that it like the State Fair, if you get caught it confiscation and escorted out but not jailable offense.
130 IAC 4-1-7 Firearms and explosives
Authority: IC 8-10-1-7; IC 8-10-1-9
Affected: IC 8-10-1
Sec. 7. (a) No person except port security, conservation officers, police officers, customs officers, or members of the armed
forces of the United States on official duty shall carry any firearms, concealed weapons, explosives, or similar inflammable
materials on the port area.
(b) All persons other than the excepted classes shall:
(1) surrender all objects described in subsection (a) to the port security on guard at the entrance gate or to the port director;
(2) be given a receipt; and
(3) recover the object upon leaving the port area and surrendering the receipt.
(c) Shooting anywhere on the port area, either over or on the water or land, within the confines of any port boundary is
prohibited without the consent of the port director. (Ports of Indiana; 130 IAC 4-1-7; filed Jun 6, 2002, 11:22 a.m.: 25 IR 3709;
readopted filed Nov 7, 2008, 1:50 p.m.: 20081203-IR-130080612RFA; readopted filed Oct 24, 2014, 11:28 a.m.: 20141119-IR-
130140345RFA)
130 IAC 4-1-8 Prohibited articles
Authority: IC 8-10-1-7; IC 8-10-1-9
Affected: IC 8-10-1
Sec. 8. No person shall transport or carry on the port property any of the following:
(1) Alcoholic beverages (excepting, however, alcoholic beverages permitted to be brought into the United States on cruise
ships and in course of shipment).
(2) Firearms.
(3) Weapons.
(4) Explosives.
(5) Narcotics.
(6) Obscene literature.
(Ports of Indiana; 130 IAC 4-1-8; filed Jun 6, 2002, 11:22 a.m.: 25 IR 3709; readopted filed Nov 7, 2008, 1:50 p.m.: 20081203-
IR-130080612RFA; readopted filed Oct 24, 2014, 11:28 a.m.: 20141119-IR-130140345RFA)
"Locking it up" (I grok what you mean) may be an exception to the LTCH requirement or the federal umbrella, HOWEVER it does not matter if the firearm is locked up, field stripped, wrapped in layers and layers of bubble wrap, etc. in a no go zone (excepting recently school property).
The fishing area in Portage, the public site that's next to the port is a no-go or not? You aren't required to have a TWIC card to be there so my vote would be no but IAAL