California Firearm Compliance

Question. If you have let’s say a WA concealed carry does it show when they run your plates let’s say in CA when you are pulled over.

azdryheat wrote:
Think, when was the last time a cop pulled you over. Unless you look like a gang-banger or some counter-culture waco or smell like pot, I wouldn't worry about being found out for being CCW. Better to be judged by 12 than be carried by 6.

We had a man here in MN a couple of years ago that was pulled over by the police for having a burned out taillight. He had a license to carry a concealed weapon. The stop was going fine until he told the cop that he had a gun on him. At the point the cop pulled out his gun and shot him to death. Everyone agrees that it would be best to just not tell the police if you are carrying a gun.

starcraft69 wrote:

doc brown wrote:
California does not recognize any other states CCW. As stated, gun unloaded in one part of the vehicle, empty 10 round mags and ammo somewhere else. That’s the stated law. I’m one of the few Los Angeles County non Leo citizens that has a California CCW. It only took one year! Before I received my CCW I always carried two loaded handguns in the motorhome. A traffic violation does not warrant a search.

Please show were it states the ammo must be separate.

Correct not required to unload mags. However, just a good idea. My Leo friends recommend it. If your mags, gun or ammo is found then your vehicle has obviously been searched. Why not minimize the situation? Safe travels.

Dtank wrote:

Trailblazer87 wrote:
In CA transportation of a handgun must be done with the gun unloaded in a locked container, your glove box does not count. Long guns must be in a case designed to carry firearms, but not required to lock them, and must be unloaded during transportation. No magazines over 10 rounds, to possess is a felony. Once you are parked the firearms must not be accessible by anyone under the age of 16, but you can have them out and loaded.

No SBR's, full auto or suppressors.

CA does consider your RV your home and we do have a castle law with no duty to retreat.

Now the real question is, what county are going to be in? The coastal counties can be very unfriendly towards firearms vs the central counties being, for the most part, rather libertarian towards them.

Do not carry without a CCW issued by a county sheriff, and really, your not going to be able to get one.

You can try contacting the DOJ but they are notorious for being unresponsive and unwilling to actually answer any questions when you do get ahold of them.

Well stated! (another CA resident.

I moved from CA to another state that does not require registration of firearms. I emailed CA DOJ asking how I could get them off their data base and got a response with-in hours

Trailblazer87 wrote:
In CA transportation of a handgun must be done with the gun unloaded in a locked container, your glove box does not count. Long guns must be in a case designed to carry firearms, but not required to lock them, and must be unloaded during transportation. No magazines over 10 rounds, to possess is a felony. Once you are parked the firearms must not be accessible by anyone under the age of 16, but you can have them out and loaded.

No SBR's, full auto or suppressors.

CA does consider your RV your home and we do have a castle law with no duty to retreat.

Now the real question is, what county are going to be in? The coastal counties can be very unfriendly towards firearms vs the central counties being, for the most part, rather libertarian towards them.

Do not carry without a CCW issued by a county sheriff, and really, your not going to be able to get one.

You can try contacting the DOJ but they are notorious for being unresponsive and unwilling to actually answer any questions when you do get ahold of them.

Well stated! (another CA resident.

badsix wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
All you folks avoiding California must be doing something right because California is the 2nd most popular state for foreign travel (New York) and the most popular for internal travel. Keep on staying away!

Yep, I think people are rushing there to watch the homeless people **** all over the sidewalks, so many nicer places to go.
Jay D.

Oh that's reality...

toedtoes wrote:
All you folks avoiding California must be doing something right because California is the 2nd most popular state for foreign travel (New York) and the most popular for internal travel. Keep on staying away!

Yep, I think people are rushing there to watch the homeless people **** all over the sidewalks, so many nicer places to go.
Jay D.

Lived here all my life. Never been asked if I had a firearm during a traffic stop. Also never been backed into a corner by thugs or anybody else except maybe my significant other and that wasn't out of anger. :)

Be smart. Don't show it off, don't try to put it on your body unless in a legal shooting area, don't have more than 10 round magazines or clips.

And really, why question whether the ammo can be stored with the gun? Just don't put it in the same case and go on with your day.

I think the whole idea of the storage requirements are to hopefully give a hothead enough of a delay that they might actually pause and reconsider what they are about to do.

All you folks avoiding California must be doing something right because California is the 2nd most popular state for foreign travel (New York) and the most popular for internal travel. Keep on staying away!

Ski Pro 3 wrote:
You wanna know what to do? Start with exercising your constitutional right of keeping your mouth shut when it comes to your firearms. No officer is going to ask and unless it's in sight, no officer is going to have cause to search. Unless you give permission, the gun will remain undiscovered...

There is getting in trouble, and there is seeking trouble. I am not in a public forum advocating breaking the law. However there are times it is just better to keep your mouth shut and don't do anything to invite trouble. Don't break the traffic laws to cause an encounter with a LEO. And if you do, don't go asking them about the gun you have stashed in the trunk or wherever. Don't give them permission to search your vehicle, and don't give them any reason to search your vehicle - such as having something illegal in plain sight.

California is a gun-hater state. Setting the legal aspects aside, don't go and carry the gun. One unintentional flash of the gun and someone may get all hysterical and call the police because they are scared. Now you are greeted with guns drawn and a felony take-down.

Don't invite trouble and it is unlikely trouble will find you.

Or do what I do....make every effort to avoid California.

-Eric