What it was written in response to doesn't change what was written, even if a civil lawsuit needs to be filed to get the law to be followed. Should it go upward and be changed from the bench or revised by the legislature then that is something left for the future. A IN Court of Appeals ruling in a DUI case in 2011, was overturned; the conviction was overturned because the letter of the law, not what law enforcement said the legislature intended when it was written, was what was to be followed.Sigh, I have explained this law ad nauseam on these boards. You are using the law for what it was NOT intended.
More on the background for this law:
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo..._of_firearms_at_traffic_stop.html#post3060218
You will NOT get a court hearing for a firearm seizure on a simple traffic stop. You either accept it back when the officer hands it to you or not. If not, it will go to our property room and you will spend the next couple of months getting it back (right or wrong).
Don't take my word for it though, read Kem Gumm vs the State of Indiana:
http://www.ai.org/judiciary/opinions/pdf/10241103pss.pdfThe language of the statute itself provides the best evidence of legislative intent, and we strive to give the words in the statute their plain and ordinary meanings.
Which is a good thing, because on a parallel note, if SB-1 where to be followed in the manner many in LE (and it's not a knock on you there's an FOP letter that was full of sensationalism without fact to back it up) rumored it to be "open season on law enforcement), we'd be in a very different situation than we are now where resistance must be to illegal entry as stipulated in the letter of the law. So posting what the law actually is in regards to the question, is for my relevant. Especially when us mere citizens need to make a decision based upon it.
I merely passed along what the statue said (and provided a link to it), pointed out that under certain circumstances your firearms can legally be seized, and pointed out the value of searching out those posts you alluded to and that this question has indeed been raised in the past. Shame on me for mentioning there might be something worth searching for while also providing the tip of the ice berg, I thought providing basic info for some search terms that would lead to discussion would be helpful to other users.