Each state is different but here unloaded and locked up you do not have to inform the police during a traffic stop. Once its loaded in the vehicle its considered concealed and a CPL is then required to legally posses it. At that point you then are required to inform the police during a stop.

 

In ND pretty much everyone in the country at least carries rifles at all times and cops don't care, it's just normal. I suppose in States where is less common they might get a little more excited. Everyone used to have a gun rack in the back Window with a couple hanging in plain sight but then along came the super crews so now everyone just throws them in the backseat or barrel down leaning up in passenger seat. Quite useful for shooting coyotes, skunks, badgers, gophers, black birds or whatever else moves, then come actual hunting season everyone carries, Haha!

 

Handgun open carry (unloaded) was made illegal here in CA a year ago. I don't know the current status of long guns. In your car, unloaded has to be in a locked box that's not permanently attached to the vehicle (no glove box or utility box), and the ammo can't be in the same locked container as the handgun. Obviously there are various permits you may be able to get in some jurisdictions. Lots of unfriendly regulations designed to make it a hassle and easy to 'step over the line'...sorta like the U.S. tax code. Granted I live either in San Diego or the San Francisco bay area, not rural low populated areas which may be somewhat different.

 

I can't believe how ridiculous it is there. When I go shooting I just throw all my guns where ever I want in my car, passenger seat, dash, between the seats, 1 on my hip

 

Yea no kidding. Weather might be nice but cali is the absolute last state I would ever want to live in, unless I was a billionaire and didn't care how bad I was getting screwed and how many civil liberties I lost, lol!

 

Not really a mount, belt clip holster on front of center console.




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I try and tell my wife this all the time!

 

Don't know CA law on grandfathered mags but the national AWB ran from '94 to '04 so all mags made for us during that span were 10 rounds. Mags holding more than 10 rounds were stamped Military / LEO use only. They became legal for us after the ban sunset in '04. For you to buy pre-ban mags, you'd likely need to buy mags made before '94. Again, I can't speak to Cali law, but that's how the national ban worked.

 

I not absolutely certain, but a coworker, a longtime gun enthusiast purchased a Browning Hi-Cap in Arizona in 2005 and can't keep it here in California legally because of the 10 round mag law that started here in 2000. He's prepared to drive to Reno to sell it at a gun shop because he can't seem to find any 10 round mags to fit it.

I can accept a 10 round mag limit, but it sucks if you want a particular gun that may not come with a mag that size. California has a list of guns you can buy. Not on the list...ya can't buy it.

There are a lot of contradictory aspects to gun laws here, not to mention they are difficult, multi-layered, and confusing. It's exhausting. LOL I just need to find a reliable source that can lay it out in easy to understand/interpret lingo, but is all inclusive. So off topic for a thread titled "Pistol mount". LOL

The governor said "California has the strictest gun laws in the nation, and we are proud of that!". My only issue is that I'm not convinced all these restrictions do much to make anything better or safer. Maybe some do, but it's obvious many don't.