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gun on the premises;
(B) is attending a firearms related event
on the property, including a gun show,
firearms expo, gun owner’s club or
convention, hunting club, shooting
club, or training course; or
(C) is on the property to receive
firearms related services, including the
repair, maintenance, or modification
of a firearm;
(3) the person carries the handgun in a
vehicle that is owned, leased, rented, or
otherwise legally controlled by the per-
son, if the handgun is:
(A) unloaded;
(B) not readily accessible; and
(C) secured in a case;
(4) the person carries the handgun while
lawfully present in a vehicle that is owned,
leased, rented, or otherwise legally con-
trolled by another person, if the handgun
is:
(A) unloaded;
(B) not readily accessible; and
(C) secured in a case;
(5) the person carries the handgun:
(A) at a shooting range (as defined in
IC 14-22-31.5-3);
(B) while attending a firearms instruc-
tional course; or
(C) while engaged in legal hunting
activity.
(c) Unless the person’s right to possess a
firearm has been restored under IC 35-47-4-7, a
person who has been convicted of domestic bat-
tery under IC 35-42-2-1.3 may not possess or
carry a handgun.
(d) This section may not be construed:
(1) to prohibit a person who owns, leases,
rents, or otherwise legally controls private
property from regulating or prohibiting
the possession of firearms on the private
property;
(2) to allow a person to adopt or enforce an
ordinance, resolution, policy, or rule that:
(A) prohibits; or
(B) has the effect of prohibiting;
an employee of the person from possess-
ing a firearm or ammunition that is locked
in the trunk of the employee’s vehicle,
kept in the glove compartment of the
employee’s locked vehicle, or stored out of
plain sight in the employee’s locked vehi-
cle, unless the person’s adoption or
enforcement of the ordinance, resolution,
policy, or rule is allowed under IC 34-28-
7-2(b); or
(3) to allow a person to adopt or enforce a
law, statute, ordinance, resolution, policy,
or rule that allows a person to possess or
transport a firearm or ammunition if the
person is prohibited from possessing or
possessing the firearm or ammunition by
state or federal law.
(e) A person who knowingly or intentionally
violates this section commits a Class A misde-
meanor. However, the offense is a Level 5 felony:
(1) if the offense is committed:
(A) on or in school property;
(B) within five hundred (500) feet of
school property; or
(C) on a school bus; or
(2) if the person:
(A) has a prior conviction of any
offense under:
(i) this section; or
(ii) section 22 of this chapter; or
(B) has been convicted of a felony
within fifteen (15) years before the
date of the offense.
35-47-2-2. Persons excepted.
Section 1 of this chapter does not apply to:
(1) marshals;
(2) sheriffs;
(3) the commissioner of the department
of correction or persons authorized by the
commissioner in writing to carry firearms;
(4) judicial officers;
(5) law enforcement officers;
(6) members of the armed forces of the
United States or of the national guard or
organized reserves while they are on duty;
(7) regularly enrolled members of any
organization duly authorized to purchase
or receive such weapons from the United
States or from this state who are at or are
going to or from their place of assembly or
target practice;
