Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 14-22-2-9 - Deer hunting; use of handgun(a) This section applies to a hunting season beginning after June 30, 2016.(b) Notwithstanding any rule prescribing the minimum length of a handgun cartridge case, a hunter may use a handgun that fires a commercially available bullet of ten (10) millimeters in diameter to hunt deer.(c) The use of a handgun described in subsection (b) to hunt deer is subject to the rules: (1) requiring that the handgun conform to the requirements of IC 35-47-1-6;(2) prescribing the minimum barrel length of the handgun; and(3) prohibiting the use of full metal jacketed bullets.(d) The director shall amend any rule necessary to comply with this section.Added by P.L. 110-2016, SEC. 2, eff. 3/22/2016.