CCW Question For LEO's IN Indiana

redneck47441 · October 14th, 2009, 07:04 PM

My buddy was pulled over for spotlighting by a CO I think for suspicion he has a CC permit and he wasn't carrying because he was spotlighting! My question is if an officer runs your liscense plate does it show up that you have a CCW permit? The reason I'm asking is because the officer asked him if he had any weapons he replied no he didn't but the CO had him start pulling stuff from his truck basically making him search his own truck he didn't have anything on him! I thought that was wierd he wasn't doing anything wrong it's legal to spotlight for deer in Indiana but it illegal to do so with a firearm which did not have at the time!

redneck47441 · October 14th, 2009, 07:17 PM

The reason I thought it showed up I becausemy buddy from Kentucky said he thought his showed up when his plates were run!

bstrawse · October 14th, 2009, 07:32 PM

I'm ex-Indiana LE -- it does not show when you run a plate - it's a separate database that can be run by the officer - or by dispatch.

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JHoff · October 14th, 2009, 07:56 PM

I'm guessing he asked since the guy was spotlighting deer and thought he might be hunting them which, as you say, is illegal. I wouldn't think it to have anything to do license plates.

jp3276 · October 14th, 2009, 08:24 PM

My guess is he thought he was trying to shot some deer. Since spotlighting with a gun is illegal he was making sure there where no guns in the vehicle.

12Rounds · October 14th, 2009, 08:44 PM

Why would someone drive around with a spotlight and shine deer if not to shoot them ? I'm just curious, I've never heard of that.

archer51 · October 14th, 2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 12Rounds

Why would someone drive around with a spotlight and shine deer if not to shoot them ? I'm just curious, I've never heard of that.

He might have been looking for trophy a buck. Locate it and then come back to the area to legally hunt it.

Angry Bill · October 14th, 2009, 09:30 PM

+1 ^^^

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Originally Posted by archer51

He might have been looking for trophy a buck. Locate it and then come back to the area to legally hunt it.

redneck47441 · October 15th, 2009, 12:25 AM

Alot of mature bucks are nocturnal to get a good look at them before rut it takes a spotlight or trail cam!

tns0038 · October 15th, 2009, 08:18 AM

They did the same thing to us in South Carolina when we where spot lighting the area for deer. But just like you we knew better than to have any guns on us. In Florida it does when they run our driver’s license but I don’t think it does for out tag.

October 14th, 2009, 07:04 PM	#1
redneck47441 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Linton IN Posts: 45	CCW Question For LEO's IN Indiana My buddy was pulled over for spotlighting by a CO I think for suspicion he has a CC permit and he wasn't carrying because he was spotlighting! My question is if an officer runs your liscense plate does it show up that you have a CCW permit? The reason I'm asking is because the officer asked him if he had any weapons he replied no he didn't but the CO had him start pulling stuff from his truck basically making him search his own truck he didn't have anything on him! I thought that was wierd he wasn't doing anything wrong it's legal to spotlight for deer in Indiana but it illegal to do so with a firearm which did not have at the time!

October 14th, 2009, 07:32 PM	#3
bstrawse Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 120	I'm ex-Indiana LE -- it does not show when you run a plate - it's a separate database that can be run by the officer - or by dispatch. b __________________ NRA Life Member The Family: Kimbers, Glocks, Berettas, Springfields, Bushmasters, Milt Sparks, Crossbreed Supertucks.

October 14th, 2009, 07:56 PM	#4
JHoff Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 97	I'm guessing he asked since the guy was spotlighting deer and thought he might be hunting them which, as you say, is illegal. I wouldn't think it to have anything to do license plates. __________________ "I play for keeps."

October 14th, 2009, 08:24 PM	#5
jp3276 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Greer SC Posts: 141	My guess is he thought he was trying to shot some deer. Since spotlighting with a gun is illegal he was making sure there where no guns in the vehicle. __________________ "The theory that the children of the Commonwealth are the charge of the Commonwealth is a pagan one, derived from heathen Sparta and Platoís heathen republic, and connected by regular, logical sequence with legalized prostitution and the dissolution of the conjugal tie." R.L. Dabney NRA Member

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October 14th, 2009, 07:17 PM	#2
redneck47441 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Linton IN Posts: 45	The reason I thought it showed up I becausemy buddy from Kentucky said he thought his showed up when his plates were run!

October 14th, 2009, 08:44 PM	#6
12Rounds Ex Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: This Planet Rocks ! Posts: 160	Why would someone drive around with a spotlight and shine deer if not to shoot them ? I'm just curious, I've never heard of that.

October 15th, 2009, 12:25 AM	#9
redneck47441 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Linton IN Posts: 45	Alot of mature bucks are nocturnal to get a good look at them before rut it takes a spotlight or trail cam!

October 15th, 2009, 08:18 AM	#10
tns0038 Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,931	They did the same thing to us in South Carolina when we where spot lighting the area for deer. But just like you we knew better than to have any guns on us. In Florida it does when they run our driver’s license but I don’t think it does for out tag.