Please define locked container/case for Noob

[DinoD]

I'm thinkin

http://www.corporatetravelsafety.com/catalog/images/lockDown_TSA80-9.jpg

[Sakiri]

Okay, I tried to read and understand article two, but... Too convoluted for me. Exactly how are you supposed to transport your firearms to and from the range, home, gunsmith, LGS, and etc??

In a gun case or box.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o02_s00_i01 was linked, has lockable zippers. At the base of the zipper pull there's little round holes you push together so they meet up and you run a luggage lock through it.

http://www.amazon.com/Plano-Protector-Pillared-Double-Pistol/dp/B000P40VPU/ref=pd_sbs_sg_50

Hard cases like this can be used as well. This is also lockable.

You cannot have it just hanging wide open in your hand. You cannot legally stick it in your pocket without a concealed carry permit. It needs to be in a locked container, such as those I linked. It needs to be unloaded(no bullets in it) but you *can* have loaded mags in the bag/box... just not in the gun itself.

Clarified? And if I missed something I'm sure someone will correct me.

[delta9]

So what do you do when transporting a handgun you just purchased form the gunshop to your home? They don't provide you with a locking case. Is one expected to bring a locking case with them?

[DinoD]

Sakiri above comment sums it up IMO, but Turners is letting me buy my gun with just a cable lock.

Like krby says There isn't a strict definition in the law. Just read all the comments on this thread. There's good info on here.

I read this and my eyeballs are protruding after 15 minutes.

http://oag.ca.gov/firearms/travel

[kouye]

So what do you do when transporting a handgun you just purchased form the gunshop to your home? They don't provide you with a locking case. Is one expected to bring a locking case with them?

The trunk of your car is considered a locking case as long as you can't access it from inside the car.

[DinoD]

I haven't had a trunk since I had a 69 Chevelle. Since then I've owned nothing but trucks and suv's What's a trunk?

[kouye]

I haven't had a trunk since I had a 69 Chevelle. Since then I've owned nothing but trucks and suv's What's a trunk?

That makes me think. What about a locked camper shell, provided you don't have a split rear window? Wouldn't that be a locked container?

[DinoD]

I read somewhere
As long as the door on the back is locked, and you don't have a window where you can access the camper shell area from the cab of the truck, the camper area becomes a locked secure container. Maybe call the DOJ ?

[StormRaven]

So what do you do when transporting a handgun you just purchased form the gunshop to your home? They don't provide you with a locking case. Is one expected to bring a locking case with them?

By California law, a handgun must be provided with a cable lock which they must have in stock to sell you. Or, you can bring your own cable lock with a receipt showing the date you bought it.

[Librarian]

By California law, a handgun must be provided with a cable lock which they must have in stock to sell you. Or, you can bring your own cable lock with a receipt showing the date you bought it.

Yes, that's true.

But that lock has no value whatsoever for transport - it isn't a case.

If you already have a case, yes, you should bring it and use it when you pick up your new handgun.

If you don't have a case, buying one when picking up your new handgun would be a good idea. Or order one while waiting out your 10 days.

See the wiki article on transport -- http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/Transporting

[StormRaven]

Yes, that's true.

But that lock has no value whatsoever for transport - it isn't a case.

Augh. Sorry about that. It was late and I did not finish my thought...

I think what I meant to get at was that if you have a cable lock, you could use that and throw it in a paper bag if you want, and that would count. I wouldn't do that to my firearms, but I think, by letter of the law, that would be legal. I may be wrong on this point... when I went to pick up my revolver, I brought along that one case I linked with a little padlock and just slipped it in there and locked it at the counter, so I haven't tried that.

Sorry, I'll try to be more awake when I post.

[keenkeen]

Augh. Sorry about that. It was late and I did not finish my thought...

I think what I meant to get at was that if you have a cable lock, you could use that and throw it in a paper bag if you want, and that would count. I wouldn't do that to my firearms, but I think, by letter of the law, that would be legal. I may be wrong on this point... when I went to pick up my revolver, I brought along that one case I linked with a little padlock and just slipped it in there and locked it at the counter, so I haven't tried that.

Sorry, I'll try to be more awake when I post.

Yep, you are wrong on that point...needs to be in a LOCKED case, not have a cable lock thru the action. So, as Librarian stated a cable lock only does not have any value for transport.

[StormRaven]

Yep, you are wrong on that point...needs to be in a LOCKED case, not have a cable lock thru the action. So, as Librarian stated a cable lock only does not have any value for transport.

Gotcha. Thanks for setting me straight on that point.

[someR1]

to avoid confusion (with a stupid cop), I would use a regular hard plastic case and lock.

[A-J]

The trunk of your car is considered a locking case as long as you can't access it from inside the car.

Bolded part is FUD. Nowhere in the PC does it say that.