Rifle In Car Laws

[lonehoosier]

So I am a LTCH holder. I keep a shotgun in my trunk with a fully load tube and one in the chamber ready to rock and roll. If I loan my car out to a friend who does not have an LTCH but can legally buy could he getting into trouble for have it in my car?

 

[Bunnykid68]

So I am a LTCH holder. I keep a shotgun in my trunk with a fully load tube and one in the chamber ready to rock and roll. If I loan my car out to a friend who does not have an LTCH but can legally buy could he getting into trouble for have it in my car?

I don't know of any law making this illegal and in the absence of a law making it illegal it must be legal. Except for schools and other restricted places.

 

[Disposable Heart]

So I am a LTCH holder. I keep a shotgun in my trunk with a fully load tube and one in the chamber ready to rock and roll. If I loan my car out to a friend who does not have an LTCH but can legally buy could he getting into trouble for have it in my car?

He nor you would be in any trouble unless he decides to park his car at a school.

But, beware if that shotgun is a pistol gripped one...

 

[lonehoosier]

He nor you would be in any trouble unless he decides to park his car at a school.

But, beware if that shotgun is a pistol gripped one...

That's just a pistol grip not a pistol grip with a stock?

 

[LANShark42]

Ok. I think I talked myself in circles. I understand the law:
With LTCH - handgun ok in car, loaded or unloaded.
Without LTCH - hangun not ok, UNLESS unloaded and away from driver and ammo - trunk, etc. (THIS was my initial point.)

 

[chezuki]

That's just a pistol grip not a pistol grip with a stock?

Yes.


As for the OP, as long as you are legally allowed to own a firearm (over 18, not a felon, etc.) you can legally carry a long gun in your vehicle, on your person, loaded/unloaded, chambered/unchambered it does not matter. Obviously, legal GFZ's are out.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Last year at a steel match one of the other shooters realized I was just stupid because I wouldn't agree that it was illegal to have a loaded rifle in your vehicle in Indiana. Then someone else supported him with, "We found the law, but we don't remember where."

I'm just silly.



rhino out!

Those are my favorite arguments! They usually end up with the other person deciding they're right anyways.

 

[HoughMade]

H...beware if that shotgun is a pistol gripped one...

Good advice no matter what the original question was.

 

[chezuki]

Last year at a steel match one of the other shooters realized I was just stupid because I wouldn't agree that it was illegal to have a loaded rifle in your vehicle in Indiana. Then someone else supported him with, "We found the law, but we don't remember where."

I'm just silly.



rhino out!

That's pretty much synonymous with "heard it at a gun shop."

 

[HoughMade]

That's pretty much synonymous with "heard it at a gun shop."

Now, add every subject under the sun and you know a little bit of what a lawyer goes through every day.

 

[chezuki]

Now, add every subject under the sun and you know a little bit of what a lawyer goes through every day.

Oh I can't imagine how many people you guys must deal with who think they have it all figured out.

 

[K_W]

Driving around with a rifle is technicly illegal if you cross within 1000 feet of a school...

Under the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1994 in order to be within 1000 ft of a school while in possession of a firearm, you must be licenced by the state the zone is in to carry the firearm when in the zone. This presents a problem for residents and travellers in states like Indiana which only licences handguns. Under the letter of the Federal law, it is illegal to enter a school zone with a long gun in Indiana, LTCH or not, unless it is unloaded and locked in a case as required by the FGFSZAo1994.

That said the chances of being caught up in this is slim unless you break any other major law that attracts the attention of the Feds, but the law says what it says.

 

[chezuki]

Driving with a loaded rifle is technicly illegal if within 1000 feet of a school...

Under the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1994 in order to be within 1000 ft of a school while in possession of a firearm, you must be licenced by the state the zone is in to carry the firearm when in the zone. This presents a problem for residents and travellers in states like Indiana which only licences handguns. Under the letter of the Federal law, it is illegal to enter a school zone with a long gun in Indiana, LTCH or not, unless it is unloaded and locked in a case as required by the FGFSZAo1994.

That said the chances of being caught up in this is slim unless you break any other major law that attracts the attention of the Feds, but the law says what it says.

...

 

[Bunnykid68]

Driving around with a rifle is technicly illegal if you cross within 1000 feet of a school...

Under the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1994 in order to be within 1000 ft of a school while in possession of a firearm, you must be licenced by the state the zone is in to carry the firearm when in the zone. This presents a problem for residents and travellers in states like Indiana which only licences handguns. Under the letter of the Federal law, it is illegal to enter a school zone with a long gun in Indiana, LTCH or not, unless it is unloaded and locked in a case as required by the FGFSZAo1994.

That said the chances of being caught up in this is slim unless you break any other major law that attracts the attention of the Feds, but the law says what it says.

I am breaking the law sitting here at home then because I am within a 1000 feet of a school

 

[K_W]

I am breaking the law sitting here at home then because I am within a 1000 feet of a school

No you are fine, because you are on private property.

 

[lonehoosier]

Driving around with a rifle is technicly illegal if you cross within 1000 feet of a school...

Under the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1994 in order to be within 1000 ft of a school while in possession of a firearm, you must be licenced by the state the zone is in to carry the firearm when in the zone. This presents a problem for residents and travellers in states like Indiana which only licences handguns. Under the letter of the Federal law, it is illegal to enter a school zone with a long gun in Indiana, LTCH or not, unless it is unloaded and locked in a case as required by the FGFSZAo1994.

That said the chances of being caught up in this is slim unless you break any other major law that attracts the attention of the Feds, but the law says what it says.

So if SB229 gets signed won't that be void? http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/0/e/b/20eb6386/SB0229.03.COMH.CCH001.pdf

 

[Bunnykid68]

No you are fine, because you are on private property.

Until I pull out of the driveway huh?

 

[chezuki]

I am breaking the law sitting here at home then because I am within a 1000 feet of a school

Me too. I assume all my long guns must have been there when I moved in since I don't recall breaking any laws.

 

[K_W]

SB229 will have no effect on the ZONE as it only applys to school parking lots, grounds, and properties in use by a school.

...and even still, you are still not "licenced" to have the long.gun so you would be in violation.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Oh I can't imagine how many people you guys must deal with who think they have it all figured out.

You mean the prosecutors?