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I have a morning routine of stopping at Circle K right before I get to work to pick up a $0.69 drink. Today when I walked in, there was a cruiser in the lot, but no uniformed officer inside. As I was checking out, a larger man approached me and asked who I was with. I told him nobody. He then proceeded to inform me that OC was ILLEGAL in Indiana, regardless of where the permit was issued (in-state or otherwise). At this point, he still had not identified himself as a police officer, so I asked who HE was with, and he pointed to the cruiser outside. It appeared as though our interaction was over, so I left. I got into my car, got out of the parking space, was about to pull off, and he motioned for me to stop and walked over to the car.
He said "We issue Concealed Weapons Permits." I asked, "Aren't they called a 'License to Carry a Handgun'?". He said that the expectation is that people will carry concealed, and that to carry in any other fashion causes their phone system to blow up from all the calls they get from concerned citizens, it is illegal to open carry a firearm in the state of Indiana, period.
What do you guys think about this? What in the world could I be charged with, out-of-state or in-state permit? I work in IN but live in KY so I've been thinking about getting an IN permit as a 'CYA' insurance policy.
Just be forewarned, if you're OC'ing in Clarksville and there's a SUV marked #75, OFC Greg Johnson will be around shortly to tell you that you're a criminal, but he's gonna be a nice guy and let you go.
I have a morning routine of stopping at Circle K right before I get to work to pick up a $0.69 drink. Today when I walked in, there was a cruiser in the lot, but no uniformed officer inside. As I was checking out, a larger man approached me and asked who I was with. I told him nobody. He then proceeded to inform me that OC was ILLEGAL in Indiana, regardless of where the permit was issued (in-state or otherwise). At this point, he still had not identified himself as a police officer, so I asked who HE was with, and he pointed to the cruiser outside. It appeared as though our interaction was over, so I left. I got into my car, got out of the parking space, was about to pull off, and he motioned for me to stop and walked over to the car.
He said "We issue Concealed Weapons Permits." I asked, "Aren't they called a 'License to Carry a Handgun'?". He said that the expectation is that people will carry concealed, and that to carry in any other fashion causes their phone system to blow up from all the calls they get from concerned citizens, it is illegal to open carry a firearm in the state of Indiana, period.
What do you guys think about this? What in the world could I be charged with, out-of-state or in-state permit? I work in IN but live in KY so I've been thinking about getting an IN permit as a 'CYA' insurance policy.
Just be forewarned, if you're OC'ing in Clarksville and there's a SUV marked #75, OFC Greg Johnson will be around shortly to tell you that you're a criminal, but he's gonna be a nice guy and let you go.