Indiana legal term
Shotgun in Indiana Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Indiana legislative session
In Indiana criminal law, “Shotgun” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Indiana criminal code.
What does “Shotgun” mean in Indiana criminal law?
"Shotgun" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger. (Ind. Code § 35-47-1-11)
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