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Ind. Code § 35-47-4-3 (2026)

Pointing firearm at another person

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     Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer who is acting within the scope of the law enforcement officer's official duties or to a person who is justified in using reasonable force against another person under:

(1) IC 35-41-3-2; or

(2) IC 35-41-3-3.

     (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally points a firearm at another person commits a Level 6 felony. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the firearm was not loaded.

As added by P.L.296-1995, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.589.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 95 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Brown v. State, 790 N.E.2d 1061 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003).
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Brown v. State, 790 N.E.2d 1061 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 30× “We held that Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3 "proscribes in no uncertain terms the knowing or intentional pointing of a firearm `at another person,' regardless of whether that firearm is loaded.”
Nicoson v. State, 938 N.E.2d 660 (Ind. 2010). · cites it 4× “[2] Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3 (2008). [3] Ind.Code § 35-50-2-11 (2008).”
Ramon v. State, 888 N.E.2d 244 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 4× “[5] Ind.Code Ann. § 35-47-4-3 (West, PREMISE through 2007 1st Regular Sess.”
Harmon v. State, 849 N.E.2d 726 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “, Indiana Code Section 35^7-2-1, and forbidding serious violent felons from knowingly or intentionally possessing firearms, i.”
Collins v. State, 826 N.E.2d 671 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “[5] Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3 (Burns Code Ed. Repl.”
Harrison v. State, 901 N.E.2d 635 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “Harrison asserts that Section 35-48-4-16(b) is analogous to the defenses of sud'den heat, which reduces a defendant's culpability from murder to voluntary manslaughter, and an unloaded firearm, which reduces class D felony pointing a firearm pursuant to Indiana Code Section…”
Adkins v. State, 887 N.E.2d 934 (Ind. 2008). · cites it 4× “Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3(b) (2004). 2 . The decision of the Court of Appeals addressed Adkins's additional contentions that the trial court committed reversible error when it (1) did not allow Adkins’s wife to testify as a witness; and (2) did not tell the jury that the offense of…”
Mendoza v. State, 869 N.E.2d 546 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3. 7 . I.C. § 35-47-2-1.”
Armstrong v. State, 742 N.E.2d 972 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “Indiana Code Section 35-47-4-3 proscribes in no uncertain terms the knowing or intentional pointing of a firearm “at another person [,] ” regardless of whether that firearm is loaded.”
Adkins v. State, 870 N.E.2d 465 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 12× “NOTES [1] Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3 (2004). [2] We recognize, however, that the practical effect of Brown was to make "unloaded" a fact as to which the defendant would have to produce evidence, if there otherwise would be no such evidence.”
Nantz v. State, 740 N.E.2d 1276 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3. Petro testified that Nantz pointed a pistol at his head and ordered him off the prop *1280 erty.”
Johnican v. State, 804 N.E.2d 211 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3(b). 5 . Ind.Code § 35-44-3-3(a)(1), (b)(1)(B).”
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Ind. Code § 35-47-4-3(b): 31 cases
Brown v. State, 790 N.E.2d 1061 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “We held that Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3 "proscribes in no uncertain terms the knowing or intentional pointing of a firearm `at another person,' regardless of whether that firearm is loaded.”
Adkins v. State, 887 N.E.2d 934 (Ind. 2008). “Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3(b) (2004). 2 . The decision of the Court of Appeals addressed Adkins's additional contentions that the trial court committed reversible error when it (1) did not allow Adkins’s wife to testify as a witness; and (2) did not tell the jury that the offense of…”
Johnican v. State, 804 N.E.2d 211 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004). “Ind.Code § 35-47-4-3(b). 5 . Ind.Code § 35-44-3-3(a)(1), (b)(1)(B).”
Green v. State, 808 N.E.2d 137 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004).
O'NEAL v. State, 716 N.E.2d 82 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999).
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