Open Carry in Indiana

Allowed. A person who is at least 18 and not prohibited by state or federal law needs no license to carry a handgun, and the statute does not limit whether it is carried openly or concealed. Persons listed in IC 35-47-2-1.5 (including those under 18) may not carry a handgun.

No license is needed. A person who is at least 18 and not prohibited may carry a handgun without a license, including in a vehicle; the statute sets no loaded/unloaded or case requirement for such persons. An employer generally may not bar an employee from keeping a firearm or ammunition locked in the trunk, in the glove compartment of a locked vehicle, or out of plain sight in a locked vehicle. On school property, a legally possessed firearm may be kept in a vehicle, but leaving it in plain view in a vehicle parked in a school parking lot is a Class A misdemeanor.

State law bans possessing a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus (a Level 6 felony), with exceptions including firearms kept in or locked out of sight in a vehicle and attending worship or serving at a house of worship located on school property; bans firearms on commercial or chartered aircraft and in controlled-access areas of airports; and lets local governments bar firearms in a building that contains a courtroom and in a public hospital with a secure correctional health unit, and bar intentional display of a firearm at a public meeting. The Attorney General also lists casinos, the Indiana Government Center, the State Fairgrounds (unless the gun is for sale or trade at an event) and penal institutions. Private property owners may prohibit firearms on their property.