Indiana Law Guidelines for Handguns and Self Defense
·You must carry your handgun license anytime you are transporting your handgun.
·Do not point your handgun at anyone unless you intend to use justified deadly force.
I think you should change this to read "Do not use deadly force (gun, knife, club, other, etc) unless you or someone else is in fear of severe bodily harm". Pointing a handgun is not only restricted to when deadly force is justified. (IC 35-47-4-3)
At best, the way you have it written it is a moral judgement, not a law. Try not to confuse the two.
·No firearms carry on commercial aircraft or in secure areas of airports.
·No firearms on school property, unless you have your license and are picking up or dropping off a person at the school and you and the firearm remain in the vehicle.
The prohibition on firearms on school property is for all firearms not just handguns. You do not need a license to carry a long gun onto school property as long as both you & the gun stay in the vehicle.
You always (generally) need a LTCH if you carry a handgun off your property anyway, so including it is redundant.
Get rid of the license requirement wording.
·Cities and towns may have their own ordinances concerning weapons.
·You can use deadly force (firearms & knives) to prevent;
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Serious bodily injury to yourself or someone else,
[FONT="]o[/FONT]A threat of deadly force, or bodily injury, to yourself or someone else;
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Someone from breaking in or damaging your home, or the car you are currently in,
Agreed but remember, deadly force is not just guns & knives. Anything that can be used to kill someone (club, car, fork, electrocution, etc.) is deadly force, too.
[FONT="]o[/FONT]Trespass on with unlawful force, or criminal interference with, a property you or your family own, or a property that you are authorized to protect,
[FONT="]o[/FONT]An airplane hijacking.
Ok here's where there's a problem. You can't use deadly force in the above situations UNLESS they are also threatening you with bodily harm while stealing your property or trespassing.
You CAN use reasonable force (which could include pointing a gun at them - see above) to prevent a property crime.
Get rid of the above statement.
There are a few other "no carry" zones as well:
- Penal facilities, shelters, halfway houses, etc.
- The Indiana State Fair (you can lock it in your car)
- Riverboat casinos
- The Indiana Statehouse and Government Center
- Federal buildings & other federal property (military bases, etc. & until February, national parks)