(a)This chapter does not apply to the
following:
(1)A:
(C)local;
law enforcement officer.
(2)A:
(A)qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C.
926B); or (B)qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in 18
U.S.C. 926C);
if the qualified law enforcement officer or qualified retired law
enforcement officer, as applicable, carries the photographic
identification required by 18 U.S.C. 926B or 18 U.S.C. 926C. (3)A person who may legally possess a firearm and who has been
authorized by:
(A)a school board (as defined by IC 20-26-9-4); or
(B)the body that administers a charter school established under
IC 20-24;
to carry a firearm in or on school property.
(4)Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who:
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(a) This chapter does not apply to the
following:
(1) A:
(A) federal;
(B) state; or
(C) local;
law enforcement officer.
(2) A:
(A) qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C.
926B); or
(B) qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in 18
U.S.C. 926C);
if the qualified law enforcement officer or qualified retired law
enforcement officer, as applicable, carries the photographic
identification required by 18 U.S.C. 926B or 18 U.S.C. 926C.
(3) A person who may legally possess a firearm and who has been
authorized by:
(A) a school board (as defined by IC 20-26-9-4); or
(B) the body that administers a charter school established under
IC 20-24;
to carry a firearm in or on school property.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who:
(A) may legally possess a firearm; and
(B) possesses the firearm in a motor vehicle.
(5) A person who is a school resource officer, as defined in IC 20-26-18.2-1.
(6) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who:
(A) may legally possess a firearm; and
(B) possesses only a firearm that is:
(i) locked in the trunk of the person's motor vehicle;
(ii) kept in the glove compartment of the person's locked
motor vehicle; or
(iii) stored out of plain sight in the person's locked motor
vehicle.
(7) A person who:
(A) may legally possess a firearm; and
(B) possesses a firearm on school property in connection with
or while:
(i) attending a worship service or religious ceremony
conducted at a house of worship located on the school
property; or
(ii) carrying out the person's official duties at a house of
worship located on the school property, if the person is
employed by or a volunteer at the house of worship.
This subdivision does not affect the right of a property owner to
prohibit, in whole or in part, the possession of a firearm on a
property where a school or house of worship is located.
(b) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a person does not
include a person who is:
(1) enrolled as a student in any high school except if the person is
a high school student and is a member of a shooting sports team
and the school's principal has approved the person keeping a
firearm concealed in the person's motor vehicle on the days the
person is competing or practicing as a member of a shooting
sports team; or
(2) a former student of the school if the person is no longer
enrolled in the school due to a disciplinary action within the
previous twenty-four (24) months.
(c) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a motor vehicle
does not include a motor vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by a
school or school district unless the person who possesses the firearm
is authorized by the school or school district to possess a firearm.