CA LEO...How can I transport long arms to the range in a Jeep?

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maxinquaye

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...I have a *small* trunk that works for handguns, but my shotgun and rifle don't come close to fitting.
What's the law say?



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Nonconcealable firearms(rifles and shotguns) are not generally covered within section 12025 which is the locked container section. Nonconcealed firearms must be unloaded during transportation. This is from the CA DOJ website. MWT
 
Contact the CA Department of Justice website (sorry, don't have the address) and email them that very same question.

I have a 4runner with no trunk and the laymen's interpretation from my gun safety course was that the gun be unloaded in a locked case which is inaccessible to both driver and passenger.

Get a $10 dollar soft case, a small $2 lock, keep it unloaded and behind the seat and you should be fine.

[This message has been edited by MTAA (edited July 26, 2000).]
 
Yea, Tuc, I can see it now, "Geez, officer, I was just trying to get my quad 50 to the range and there's just no place to store it in this dang jeep! With the seat in the middle 'tween those Brownings, it adds new meaning to 'ridin' shotgun.'"

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Safe shooting - PKAY
 
Tuc22, that is indeed funny as I own a 1943 Willys MB which has a machinegun mount. That would drive the guys crazy at the range. I could see it now, "remember, we have a 2 second rule now between shots." LOL MWT
 
Quick--throw your keeper guns in the Jeep and head out on an 090 heading. Once out of CA no one will ever care. My M1 Garand rides against the dash of my CJ5, locked and loaded. Tourists from NY can't believe it.

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One of my fondest memories is of the time I was driving home in my 280Z after picking up my 870 shotgun from Hans Vangs' shop in Goleta, CA. I'm driving down Hwy 101 with the new shotgun in back (no trunk) unloaded with no lock and conspicuously out in the open. All I had was the receipt dated for that very day. I almost wanted the Highway Patrol to stop me so that I could show it off. Regardless, I believe if you can pass two common sense requirements you should be OK, (also read "How to Own a Gun In California and Stay Out of Jail", or other similar literature)and they concern questions like, where you have been or where you are going (hunting, the range, or the gunsmith) and the reasonable care in which you secure the firearm for transport i.e. unloaded, locked or in locked case, separate from ammo, no ammo attached, no ammo on person, and situated so that gun and ammo cannot theoretically be assembled in car while stopped or moving by driver or passengers. I basically consider these factors instead of being too technical about it. That plus I know what I'm going to say if stopped.
 
Robert - I get my degree this December - will be headin' 090 in January hopefully...but all the way thru to Dallas!

Can't wait :D
 
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