I live close to a mall and I go walk around it when the weather is bad. This mall has already been shot up and a good guy with a gun shot the perp in seconds. But not until 4 were dead. Funny thing was a few months after the shooting Simons permabanned 2 guys for carrying in the mall. As for the parking lot. In Indiana when you enter a gun free zone you can legally lock your firearm in your vehicle out of view. I have never thought about in the parking lot but I imagine since it is Simon property there are banned there too if not locked out of view.Was the parking lot?