Help a new young Indiana resident out. How to get a CHL?

[dodging230grainers]

Hang on...I wasn't aware that I needed a license to transport handguns in Indiana...


Secondly, I plan on becoming a resident asap so that the ISP cannot deny me for that reason.

 

[El Tejon]

Ummm, yeah, you do need a license to carry a pistol, but I thought we covered that?

 

[dodging230grainers]

No, I meant to transport them in a vehicle? Even unloaded in the trunk?

 

[dance varmint]

Yes, the law calls for some kind of permit, even traveling with it cased from home to the range, or while shooting at a public range like at the Dept. of Natural Resources wildlife areas. The nuance is "carry" in that statue; I wonder if it broadly means transporting for this purpose. So could an 18-year old with a New Jersey Permit to Think About a Single Shot Derringer also get by in Indiana if we had the thought police here too.

 

[El Tejon]

dodging, yes, even in your trunk. Sorry, but when I teach the NRA class I get the contortions that people go through to avoid paying $25 for a license. Hundreds if not thousands for a pistol, but any magical thinking to avoid a $25 fee seems to be permissible. Get the license.

"Well, if my dog carries the gun since he owns it, then I don't NEED a license, right?" This is after I have explained for 417th time, that there is no magic exemption for going to the range, Uncle Paul's farm to shoot, or for "just in case" to the weekly euchre game in the church basement. Get the license.

Loaded, unloaded, with a trigger lock, to carry it on your dog, your horse, your motorcycle, your yak, to carry 10 pistols on you, to carry on a boat with a goat, in your glovebox, in your toolbox, in your purse, get a license! Get the license, or I roll on the ground and froth at the mouth (as I mentioned earlier).

Above all, get the license. O.K., any questions?

 

[BoilerUP]

I'm moving to Sellersburg soon...where do I get said license? Local Sheriff's office? I have a Kentucky CCW which will soon be useless I suppose...

 

[El Tejon]

Are you living in town or in the county?

 

[dodging230grainers]

got it. get the license.

so to avoid any potential legal problems, I probably shouldn't bring my .357 magnum up to Indiana until I get my license, right?

 

[El Tejon]

Are you going to leave it with a buddy (off campus, of course)?

If so, you can bring it up, just don't be carrying it out and about.

If not, it will keep in Tejas.

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

If you're on campus, the gun can sit in the club's safe in the armory til you get your license... though there wouldn't be much point. Can't carry it on campus, and if you were going somewhere and you wanted to carry, you'd have to make a ton of phone calls to find out who has the keys, then hope whoever it is has time to get them out for you... not really practical.

If you're off campus, bring it up, and just let it sit in your apartment until your license comes in the mail. As El T said, just don't go toting it around.

 

[hoosier8]

Question on Tx to In

If going to school here and having a permanent residence in TX, couldn't a CCW holder in TX carry in IN since IN recognizes TX reciprocity? That would seem the simple answer in that case.

Got my CCW yesterday in the mail here in IN. took approximately 7 weeks. Indiana is a shall issue state, so as long as you are not a felon or an habitual drunk, you will get one. As far as I know, you do not have to claim a weapon if stopped by the police but it might be a good idea if not concealed well as you might get treated differently if the police find it instead of you claiming it. If you do claim it, be prepared to be handcuffed "for your protection" while the weapon is unloaded by the police, which can make one nervous if the person doing it does not understand that particular weapon. I have heard of police accidentally pointing a 1911 at the stopped person while trying to figure out how to unload it (the police here carry Glocks). That would make me nervous.

 

[El Tejon]

hoosier8, in Tejas one has to be 21 for a CHL. Dodging is 18 and thus does not qualify for a CHL in his current state of residence.

You are correct, one does not need to "declare" ("I do declare") that one is carrying a pistol. If I am not under arrest and I am handcuffed for "protection", I would seek legal redress at once and collect a check and a badge.

Yes, giving guns over to the polic can be very scary, just ask THR member Dan Flory who saw the wrong end of his Walther P99 thanks to the bumbling incompetence of the Indiana State Police.