Legal pistol question

[sprmario123]

So I'm from NJ originally so I am very wary about gun laws. It is my understanding that in Indiana I can have a handgun in my car if I am on my way to a gun range and it is unloaded and locked in the trunk of my car.

I do not have a concealed carry permit.

What is the deal with loaded magazines in a separate locked container? I feel like I aliens a good bit of range time loading and would like to do it before I am in the clock.

 

[jinks]

IC 35-47-2-1 Carrying a Handgun Without A License or By a Person Convicted of Domestic Battery; Exceptions
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and section 2 of this chapter, a person shall not carry a handgun in any vehicle or on or about the person's body without being licensed under this chapter to carry a handgun. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person may carry a handgun without being licensed under this chapter to carry a handgun if: (3) the person carries the handgun in a vehicle that is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise legally controlled by the person, if the handgun is: (A) unloaded; (B) not readily accessible; and (C) secured in a case; (4) the person carries the handgun while lawfully present in a vehicle that is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise legally controlled by another person, if the handgun is: (A) unloaded; (B) not readily accessible; and (C) secured in a case;

No mention of a requirement for unloaded magazines just an unloaded handgun.

 

[sprmario123]

Thanks, that what I was assuming. Isn't interpreting laws fib

 

[dirtybird]

Where do you go to the range at? Have you applied to get your indiana ltch? If I was going to be somewhere for 2 years I would go ahead and do so, just to avoid problems like the question you stated. I don't think most leo's will hassle you, but I would rather be safe than sorry. Not to mention it's fairly quick to get one now days, mine took 9 days to be approved.

 

[sprmario123]

Is the license to carry the same as a concealed carry permit?

 

[hpclayto]

Is the license to carry the same as a concealed carry permit?

Indiana doesn't mandate how you have to carry. You can carry open or concealed as long as you have an LTCH.

 

[wizardfitz]

and you can do the majority of the application process online

 

[Mgderf]

Is the license to carry the same as a concealed carry permit?

On the back of the Indiana "License To Carry Handgun" (LTCH) it states the following,


"You are hereby licensed by the Indiana State Police to carry on your person or in a vehicle, any lawfully possessed handgun."

No mention of concealment, therefore open carry is legal.
You can duct tape it to your forehead if that's what trips your trigger.

 

[jwh20]

The good news is that Indiana is not nearly as much as a hell-hole as New Jersey. Welcome!

 

[dirtybird]

After spending 2 years here hopefully you'll decide you like it enough to stay, can never have too many armed citizens in our state. And I couldn't imagine living in a place like nj. But thats just me.

 

[Hogwylde]

The good news is that Indiana is not nearly as much as a hell-hole as New Jersey. Welcome!

The owner of my company lives in New Jersey. He refers to it as "The Peoples Republic of New Jersey". I refer to it, Illinios, and California as "those communist states of america".

 

[sprmario123]

After spending 2 years here hopefully you'll decide you like it enough to stay, can never have too many armed citizens in our state. And I couldn't imagine living in a place like nj. But thats just me.

Apart from the gun stuff its a pretty good place to be. I got a lot of family there and the job market for my field isnt that great here. Oregon may be an option though

 

[Archer]

Apart from the gun stuff its a pretty good place to be. I got a lot of family there and the job market for my field isnt that great here. Oregon may be an option though

What part of Jersey are you from?

 

[Markus]

You can duct tape it to your forehead if that's what trips your trigger.

Wouldn't that be more applicable in Kentucky?

 

[sprmario123]

North, but I went to school in South jersey.

 

[JettaKnight]

No mention of a requirement for unloaded magazines just an unloaded handgun.

This used to be a requirement in Ohio.

 

[gglass]

Indiana doesn't mandate how you have to carry. You can carry open or concealed as long as you have an LTCH.

But remember, you are much more likely to get flack from 2A supporting gun owners about open carry than from the public at large... Just a heads up!

 

[LP1]

Re the NJ and CA bashing (also applies to Chicago) - if it's that bad, why do the jobs pay so much better in those places, and why are people willing to pay 3-5 times the price for a house? And pay higher taxes on top of that? They're all just morons, I guess.

 

[Hogwylde]

Re the NJ and CA bashing (also applies to Chicago) - if it's that bad, why do the jobs pay so much better in those places, and why are people willing to pay 3-5 times the price for a house? And pay higher taxes on top of that? They're all just morons, I guess.

Yes, they ARE morons.

 

[minuteman32]

Get your IN LTCH & carry whatever gun you want (even an SMG), any ammo you want in it (I recommend HP ammo) in any capacity magazine you want (you could carry a belt fed if you wanted!), in any manner you want (OC/CC), in just about any location you want! AND, it is valid in 31 states (as of today) & more as time goes on (hoping that ME & SC new laws will gain them as well).
Welcome to the home of the free!