Right to Open Carry

[kanaka44]

Question about the open carry law and the legalities of it in California. If I was to go walking down the street with a gun on my waste or even went into a store. Where do I keep my mag? In my pocket? Are their different laws or when I am driving a car?

I guess I could have googled this but since I was in the Forum I was just kinda curious... plus I didnt wanna stumble upon some internet junk laws!

Thanks All!

[Librarian]

Try here: http://www.opencarry.org/

[PsychGuy274]

Question about the open carry law and the legalities of it in California. If I was to go walking down the street with a gun on my waste or even went into a store. Where do I keep my mag? In my pocket? Are their different laws or when I am driving a car?

I guess I could have googled this but since I was in the Forum I was just kinda curious... plus I didnt wanna stumble upon some internet junk laws!

Thanks All!

That open carry website is an awesome source of information, but there's a lot of information to wade through!

To answer some of your questions and save you some time:

DO NOT place mags in your pocket. It can be considered a "concealed weapon" because it is an "integral part of the firearm" (stupid, I know). Most people have a mag holster on the opposite side of their firearm. I keep one loaded mag in a mag pouch on my holster.

Same exact laws while driving and walking.

Please take the time and do research before you venture out though. There's much more to it than just the questions you asked. It'd be a bummer to not educate yourself properly and end up losing your rights...

[wildhawker]

I don't have any firearms which I dislike enough to place on my waste. Theirin lies the rub. YMMV.

[Liberty1]

californiaopencarry.org is an information clearinghouse site with lots of info for the beginner. Use OCDO to ask questions. Don't even attempt this without a lot of research and a TOTAL understanding of the issues and risks.

[Anchors]

I don't have any firearms which I dislike enough to place on my waste. Theirin lies the rub. YMMV.

I laughed when I read waste too. haha.
I don't think there's a law against carrying concealed in your own excrement. (Kind of like L.U.C.C.)
I would classify that weapon as "not readily accessible".

[N6ATF]

Does a porta-potty qualify as a locked container?

[FirstFlight]

Does a porta-potty qualify as a locked container?

heh heh heh, I like it!

[wildhawker]

That along the lines of running a "(p)" check and my "cereal" number?

[I open carry]

Does a porta-potty qualify as a locked container?

only on weekends, during the week it had better be 'open' or you will have a bunch of po'ed construction workers on your hands

[diginit]

Mags must be visable in a holder, The firearm must be unloaded unless in an incorporated area where discharge of a firearm is allowed and you cannot OC if knowingly within 1000 Ft of a K-12 school. And putting a firearm on your waste will make it very difficult to clean...
Sorry, Couldn't resist. That thing you put your belt around is a waist. That thing you do every morning and evening is waste. I know it was just a spelling error. Butt it is funny!

[N6ATF]

Waste is a terrible thing to mind.

[obeygiant]

I don't have any firearms which I dislike enough to place on my waste. Theirin lies the rub. YMMV.

I laughed when I read waste too. haha.
I don't think there's a law against carrying concealed in your own excrement. (Kind of like L.U.C.C.)
I would classify that weapon as "not readily accessible".

Does a porta-potty qualify as a locked container?

That along the lines of running a "(p)" check and my "cereal" number?

only on weekends, during the week it had better be 'open' or you will have a bunch of po'ed construction workers on your hands

Mags must be visable in a holder, The firearm must be unloaded unless in an incorporated area where discharge of a firearm is allowed and you cannot OC if knowingly within 1000 Ft of a K-12 school. And putting a firearm on your waste will make it very difficult to clean...
Sorry, Couldn't resist. That thing you put your belt around is a waist. That thing you do every morning and evening is waste. I know it was just a spelling error. Butt it is funny!

Waste is a terrible thing to mind.

[M. Sage]

Mags must be visable in a holder, The firearm must be unloaded unless in an incorporated area where discharge of a firearm is allowed and you cannot OC if knowingly within 1000 Ft of a K-12 school. And putting a firearm on your waste will make it very difficult to clean...
Sorry, Couldn't resist. That thing you put your belt around is a waist. That thing you do every morning and evening is waste. I know it was just a spelling error. Butt it is funny!

No, the law says nothing about magazines. Only the firearm.

[PsychGuy274]

No, the law says nothing about magazines. Only the firearm.

Right and wrong.

Nothing in the penal code about it, but case law People v. Hale states that a magazine is an essential component of the firearm and concealment of such is considered a sufficiently concealed weapon.