If the state you are camping has a castle doctrine your ok as long as your in your camp site. There are about 10 that don't have. When traveling from camp site to camp site different rules apply in different states. For example in CA they must be locked in a separate container unloaded and the ammo in a different location. Locked in the clove compartment or drunk is not a separate containter. Every state has its stupid rules which make no sense to most of us. Like in CA there is a 10 day waiting period, cooling off time. That makes no sense if you already own a firearm you didn't to buy one in the first place if you were mad at someone and wanted to off them