Trigger locks

[sharky959]

I just bought a gun with a CA compliant lock that holds the slide open and goes through the magazine well. I don't like how that may allow gunk to get in there when it's in my range bag, and I wonder if storing the gun with the slide open like that could affect the operation of the gun over the long run. I'd like to replace it with a trigger lock. I went to the CA DOJ site and they list specific requirements for safes, but not for locks. They have several large PDFs that list manufacturers of locks, or names of approved devices, but not a list of trigger locks or what the specific requirements are for Firearm Safety Devices.

Are combination trigger locks compliant, or do they have to be keyed?

Can anyone recommend some CA compliant trigger locks?

[negolien]

Once you get em home you can put whatever you want on em.

[Old4eyes]

The locks are required for sale of the firearm, but for California's laws of storage and transport, they are useless.

If you have someone under the age of 18 in the residence, the firearm must be stored in a locked box, the PDF you referenced is the listing of the approved boxes. The lock you got with the gun does not qualify.

If you are transporting the firearm in your car and it's not in the trunk (or if there is no trunk) it must be contained within a locked container. There is no listing / definition of that locked container. Some will just put padlocks through the zipper pulls on their range bags. Again, that padlock that came with the gun is useless unless you can use it to secure the container.

Home storage, put it in a lock box with a desiccant, loaded or unloaded, depending on your level of paranoia (outside threat, kid access).

That lock that came with the gun, start a collection of them, you might find a use for them someday.

[sharky959]

Thanks negolien and Old4eyes. That was helpful info.

[negolien]

np ...good luck.. Feel free to shoot me a pm if you have any other questions.