Carrying at Lake Arrowhead

[Tacit Blue]

I'm going to Lake Arrowhead this weekend. I read somewhere that if the location is a National Forrest, which I believe Lake Arrowhead is located in. You can carry without issue?

Naturally I want to bring my XD while I go camping.

[The Paper Pimp]

has to be a National Park

[North86]

Has anyone carried in Yosemite?

[Tacit Blue]

*2 - National Forest and BLM Details:

*2 - LOC and UOC are legal everywhere except "prohibited areas" (areas where shooting is prohibited)
*2 - LOC, UOC, UCC, and LCC are all legal in one's campsite. (PC 26055, 26383, & 25605)
*2 - Shooting is prohibited within 150 yards of any residence, building, campsite, or developed site ("prohibited areas")
*2 - Shooting is prohibited on or across roads or bodies of water ("prohibited areas")
*2 - consensus opinion is that UOC of handguns is now illegal in "prohibited areas" of NF/BLM (AB144 / PC 26350) not all agree (PC 26388)
*2 - Forest administrators have the authority to prohibit shooting in other areas of the NF but must clearly post this information ("prohibited areas")
*2 - IMPORTANT NOTICE - some NFs are now banning shooting almost entirely - see this post
*2 - BLM administrators may post closures and restrictions regarding firearms use ("prohibited areas")
*2 - LCC is legal for licensed hunters/fishermen, while hunting/fishing, but only where shooting is not prohibited (PC 25640)
*2 - UCC is legal for licensed hunters/fishermen while hunting/fishing and while traveling to/from hunting/fishing expeditions (PC 25640)
*2 - UOC is legal for licensed hunters while hunting and while traveling to/from hunting expeditions (PC 26366)
*2 - CA CCW/LTC permit holders may LCC in NF/BLM

I found my answer I'm waiting for the Ranger to call me back.

[Ron-Solo]

Lake Arrowhead is private property surrounded by National Forest. All of it is designated as a "prohibited shooting area" by USFS.

[Tacit Blue]

Lake Arrowhead is private property surrounded by National Forest. All of it is designated as a "prohibited shooting area" by USFS.

So if I were to stay at one of the many camp grounds I am in a prohibited area? Thus exempt from the above penal codes.

[The Paper Pimp]

best advice, don't carry.

[BBJohnnyT]

Don't. Lake Arrowhead is an unincorporated community, subject to California's open carry ban. Outside of town, the San Bernardino National Forest is still off-limits to carrying, except for very specific circumstances. There is a standing "no firearms" order in the SBNF, which nullifies California's open carry exemption for Federal Agency land. I even personally confirmed it with the head LEO for this district. This has been discussed extensively in another thread for more details.

[bergmen]

has to be a National Park

You can carry concealed in a National Park in California if you have a valid California CCW (LTC) as long as you do not enter any building that prohibits concealed carry. You cannot if you don't.

Dan