Carrying in a vehicle?

[GSPD]

...O.K., I've been searching this morning but can't seem to find the definitive answers I'm looking for, so, sorry if this is a dup' and stoopid.

I'm getting a pistol that I'd like to carry in the car on trips, and in the truck or on the bike while offroading, etc.

I believe I was told by a local shop that it had to be in a locked case, unloaded, with ammo outside that box.
That sound about right.

Mainly I want it to carry with while dualsporting in the desert for protection.

Thanks in advance.

[Scuba951]

Ammo can be in a magazine inside the same locked case as the unloaded pistol.
The locked case can be anywhere in the vehicle.

Check the wiki at the top for easily searchable legal answers.

[redcliff]

As Scuba951 noted, CalGuns Foundation kindly provides a wiki for answerring these questions: http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/Transporting

[GSPD]

...aha! That's what I wanted. Thank ya'll so much.

[delta9]

The trunk counts as a "locked case" but if you carry in your truck or a hatchback you will need a locking case

[xInfidel]

The trunk counts as a "locked case" but if you carry in your truck or a hatchback you will need a locking case

I never knew if the car had folding seats if the trunk would technically still be considered locked.

[paul0660]

I never knew if the car had folding seats if the trunk would technically still be considered locked.

I isn't really defined, so assume the worst. You need a locked case to get it to and from the trunk in many situations anyway.

[xInfidel]

I isn't really defined, so assume the worst. You need a locked case to get it to and from the trunk in many situations anyway.

Yeah I keep a simple lock on the zipper just in case it was an issue.

[xrMike]

So what's the deal with long guns these days? Haven't been keeping up, but I just read something in another thread where as of 1/1/2013 you have to have long guns locked up in the vehicle at all times???

Before it was just within X feet from schools (I think), but now they must be locked up all the time?

[Curley Red]

Cheapest and one of the best ways to keep a gun locked in your car in my opinion. A locked zippered bag is sufficient, but with this you will always be secured and no officer should be able to say anything about it. It is what I use.

http://www.amazon.com/GunVault-NV200-NanoVault-Style-Pistols/dp/B00384755S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1355512125&sr=8-5&keywords=gun+lock+box

[Librarian]

So what's the deal with long guns these days? Haven't been keeping up, but I just read something in another thread where as of 1/1/2013 you have to have long guns locked up in the vehicle at all times???

Before it was just within X feet from schools (I think), but now they must be locked up all the time?

OUTSIDE a vehicle, unloaded long guns must be in either
a) a purpose-designed completely enclosing gun case OR
b) a locked completely enclosing case that was not designed to be a gun case.

Inside the vehicle, no restriction beyond GFSZ, but getting to and from the vehicle, the new law can be an issue.

[xrMike]

Ahhh, so they don't have to be locked necessarily, just cased.

Thanks Librarian.

[ray90813]

Ok, so according to what the wiki and some of you are saying is that, there are no laws restricting transporting of a loaded magazine so long as said magazine is not in the magwell of a handgun, and that the handgun is unloaded either in a locked trunk, or locked container inside vehicle. I ask because a shooting range I frequent has said that carrying a loaded mag even if not in the firearm is still considered part of the firearm and is a felony now in Cali, is that BS?

[Librarian]

Ok, so according to what the wiki and some of you are saying is that, there are no laws restricting transporting of a loaded magazine so long as said magazine is not in the magwell of a handgun, and that the handgun is unloaded either in a locked trunk, or locked container inside vehicle. I ask because a shooting range I frequent has said that carrying a loaded mag even if not in the firearm is still considered part of the firearm and is a felony now in Cali, is that BS?

It's an error, yes.

For the long answer, see the wiki article on loaded -- http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/De..._in_California