State Gun Laws

Under Indiana law, a felony is any crime that:

• carries a potential punishment of more than one year in jail; and
• is not considered a misdemeanor.¹

For the purposes of barring someone from having a gun, a “serious violent felony” means:

• murder or attempted murder;
• voluntary manslaughter;
• reckless homicide not committed by means of a vehicle;
• battery;
• domestic battery;
• aggravated battery;
• strangulation;
• kidnapping;
• criminal confinement;
• a human or sexual trafficking offense;
• rape;
• criminal deviate conduct, before it was repealed;
• child molesting;
• sexual battery;
• robbery;
• carjacking, before it was repealed;
• arson;
• burglary;
• assisting a criminal;
• resisting law enforcement;
• escape;
• trafficking with an inmate;
• criminal organization intimidation;
• stalking;
• incest;
• dealing in or manufacturing cocaine, methamphetamine, or a narcotic drug;
• dealing in a control substance resulting in death; or
• dealing in a schedule I, II, III, IV, or V controlled substance.²

For more information on how criminal convictions may stop an abuser from being able to have a gun, see If the abuser has been convicted of a crime, can they have or buy a gun? If you are unsure if the abuser was convicted of a serious violent felony, see How can I find out if the abuser has been convicted of a crime?

¹ Ind. Code § 35-50-2-1(b); see also Ind. Code § 35-38-1-1.5 
² Ind. Code § 35-47-4-5(b)