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Originally Posted by EM2
Why is that?
Of course it would protect it from damage but I see no legal problem with how he is transporting the rifle.
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as of 1-1-2013 long gun open carry is banned so even tho its in a locked container as soon as he opens the trunk on what I assume is a public street he is tech open carrying a long gun it should be fully encased
NEW law in 2013
AB 1527 added some new sections to the Penal Code:
SEC. 12. Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 26400) is added to
Division 5 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code, to read:
CHAPTER 7.
CARRYING AN UNLOADED FIREARM THAT IS NOT A HANDGUN
IN AN INCORPORATED CITY OR CITY AND COUNTY
Article 1. Crime of Carrying an Unloaded Firearm that is not a
Handgun in an Incorporated City or City and County
26400. (a) A person is guilty of carrying an unloaded firearm
that is not a handgun in an incorporated city or city and county when
that person carries upon his or her person an unloaded firearm that
is not a handgun outside a vehicle while in the incorporated city or
city and county.
(b) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), a violation of this
section is a misdemeanor.
26405. Section 26400 does not apply to, or affect, the carrying
of an unloaded firearm that is not a handgun in any of the following
circumstances:
...
(c) When the firearm is either
in a locked container or
encased
and it is being transported directly between places where a person is
not prohibited from possessing that firearm and the course of travel
shall include only those deviations between authorized locations as
are reasonably necessary under the circumstances.