Firearms in RVs in California

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on the road in California your firearm must be unloaded and in a locked container... unless you have a California CCW permit. In your campsite, you may treat your firearm as if in your own home.

Ed_Gee wrote:
on the road in California your firearm must be unloaded and in a locked container... unless you have a California CCW permit. In your campsite, you may treat your firearm as if in your own home.

Ok thanks.

Ed_Gee wrote:
on the road in California your firearm must be unloaded and in a locked container... unless you have a California CCW permit. In your campsite, you may treat your firearm as if in your own home.

To expand just a bit the magazine may be loaded but it may not be in the pistol. Both may be in the same locked container.

On a lighter note. My DW and I traveled to the Hoover dam for the tour. I moved my 9mm to the trunk of the car as we had to go through a check point, and I didn't want it to be within arms distance.

Sure enough, they asked me if I had a weapon. I responded that I did, and it was in the trunk.

They turned us away, and we had to store it at a gun range about 20 miles away before we could enter the Hoover dam area parking.

My DW asked me why I just didn't tell the agents that I didn't have a weapon, to avoid the long drive back and forth for storage.

I replied, " Honey, we have Texas plates on both ends of this auto. Do you really think they would have let us through without an inspection"?

But, to the OP. I wouldn't go anywhere in our RV without a weapon. Especially CA.

Happy Travels!!

Skip

wjschill wrote:
On a lighter note. My DW and I traveled to the Hoover dam for the tour. I moved my 9mm to the trunk of the car as we had to go through a check point, and I didn't want it to be within arms distance.

Sure enough, they asked me if I had a weapon. I responded that I did, and it was in the trunk.

They turned us away, and we had to store it at a gun range about 20 miles away before we could enter the Hoover dam area parking.

My DW asked me why I just didn't tell the agents that I didn't have a weapon, to avoid the long drive back and forth for storage.

I replied, " Honey, we have Texas plates on both ends of this auto. Do you really think they would have let us through without an inspection"?

But, to the OP. I wouldn't go anywhere in our RV without a weapon. Especially CA.

Happy Travels!!

Skip

I always carry a shotgun but I'm going to start carrying pistols.

Arizona and Nevada are both pretty open with their gun laws and in most cases they allow weapon carry and recognize carry permits from other states. Like most states there are many locations where weapons are not allowed, such as schools, Federal buildings, bars, etc and in commercial nuclear & hydroelectric generating stations.The internet is your friend and a simple search will usually give you the answers. Just make sure that the answer you get about weapons is CURRENT.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
Arizona and Nevada are both pretty open with their gun laws and in most cases they allow weapon carry and recognize carry permits from other states. Like most states there are many locations where weapons are not allowed, such as schools, Federal buildings, bars, etc and in commercial nuclear & hydroelectric generating stations.The internet is your friend and a simple search will usually give you the answers. Just make sure that the answer you get about weapons is CURRENT.

Of course I did a search first but I could find nothing specific to motorhomes in California. I figured there might be someone here who lives in California and carries firearms.

I travel all over the US which is why I suggested purchasing the book in my first post. Here is a link and consider your RV a vehicle, which is what California will consider it:
California Firearm laws

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I travel all over the US which is why I suggested purchasing the book in my first post. Here is a link and consider your RV a vehicle, which is what California will consider it:
California Firearm laws

I only travel inside California and occasionally Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Those states are not as strict as California. Upthread someone suggested that when driving the vehicle laws are applicable but when camped the RV is treated as a domicile.