Kirk makes a valid point about the car, but getting beyond that point, the law clearly states that the gun must be:uhh... don't see anything illegal...I see some dumb, but not some illegal.
Well, so a person buys a gun without a LTCH and no case and no vehicle. They decide to just stuff it in their waistband. All they are doing is transporting it home. Or they buy a holster at the same time and they decide that the only way to get it home would be to wear it on their belt? Carrying it around your neck with a string or in your waistband is the same thing.
...You can buy a car without a drivers license or insurance. But if you want to drive it home there are some simple rules for that but people here don't seem to consider having a drivers license or insurance unreasonable???
Kirk makes a valid point about the car, but getting beyond that point, the law clearly states that the gun must be:And those 3 criteria apply to anyone who does not have a LTCH. This guy does not, apparently, possess a LTCH so therefore he failed on at least points "B" and "C" in the code.A) unloaded;
(B) not readily accessible; and
(C) secured in a case
This is where I wish our resident LEOs would chime in with "here is what I would do." I know its vague and all the details aren't there, but I am still curious. Did he have misdemeanor priors? Is that even relevant?
I was just talking with a good friend who is a street cop with IMPD when we went to the range together on Wednesday. I asked her what type of training they receive on handgun law. Apparently none! She says she disarms everyone carrying for her protection and returns the weapons of those licensed after the stop. I tried explaining how this was bad bad bad. I give her a little credit as she works in a bad part of town and most of the weapons she comes across are illegal. The young officer that was shot in the drive by at the liquor store on Tibbs last fall is a good friend of ours too, and I can understand they are a little gun shy.
I give LEOs a ton of credit for what they do and put up with. I would also argue, it isn't their fault. The departments SUCK at preparing them.
uhh... don't see anything illegal...I see some dumb, but not some illegal.
I also see a news agency with a need for a copy editor...
I usually get site and sight confused too.uhh... don't see anything illegal...I see some dumb, but not some illegal.
I also see a news agency with a need for a copy editor...
PUT IT IN A BAG! What is so hard about that? Maybe they'd have a bag that came with that holster?
It is ILLEGAL to holster it, it is illegal to carry it in some other way like "stuffing it in their waistband" because that qualifies as "carrying" the gun, and that requires a LTCH. If they "decide" that the only way to carry it home is to wear it on their belt then they are simply a stupid moron. Carrying on a string around your neck is the same thing, that is carrying it on your person and clearly is easily accessible which is in violation of the law if you don't have a LTCH.
If you buy a gun you have the responsibility to understand the laws. To transport a gun without a LTCH its very simple. If you don't have a car, you can still transport it properly by following the rules:
- Unloaded
- In some sort of case
- Not easily accessible
You can buy a car without a drivers license or insurance. But if you want to drive it home there are some simple rules for that but people here don't seem to consider having a drivers license or insurance unreasonable???
i see it being illegal.....he didn't have a LTCH and that was for sure OPEN CARRY.....
If the man was approached by a LEO and his story checked out with a recept. And the man had no vehicle why didnt the officer give the guy a ride home?
If the man was approached by a LEO and his story checked out with a recept. And the man had no vehicle why didnt the officer give the guy a ride home?
What does open carry have to do with it?
Because it is a misdemeanor to be out of your vehicle with your new pistol and no LTCH.
you need LTCH to open carry in Indiana.........it don't have to be on your hip to be OC.......read the laws...