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Originally Posted by gcrtkd
Here's something I've been wondering... if you asked a patrol officer to go on duty with a loaded mag in his gun but an empty chamber, would anyone in their right mind (police sgt., judge, lawyer, lawmaker, DOJ) consider that gun "loaded"? Of course not. Is the definition of loaded then different depending on whether you're a LEO or a civilian? It doesn't seem to me that the law makes a distinction.
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The law doesn't care whether sworn LEOs have loaded weapons; bringing them up isn't especially useful.
But yes, if it came to an inquiry with legal implications, what you describe is certainly "loaded", for anyone, in California (except F&G while hunting).