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[UNDFTD]

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[Jonathan Doe]

It may be legal to carry unloaded rifle on your back while riding a bike. But, a young man riding a bike and carrying a rifle on his back may cause many phone calls to a police department. What happens when the department receives a call of a man with a gun? You think about it. If I were you, I would find different ways to take my rifle to the range. Just my PERSONAL thoughts.

[UNDFTD]

It may be legal to carry unloaded rifle on your back while riding a bike. But, a young man riding a bike and carrying a rifle on his back may cause many phone calls to a police department. What happens when the department receives a call of a man with a gun? You think about it. If I were you, I would find different ways to take my rifle to the range. Just my PERSONAL thoughts.

Well recently I've been hearing that open carriers are getting less and less hassled. Departments are starting to ignore calls about "a man with a gun" etc.

I could get a ride but I like to be independent whenever I can. Thanks for your thoughts. They're definitely things I need to worry about.

But i'm still looking for a definite answer regarding the laws

[waitwha?]

Well recently I've been hearing that open carriers are getting less and less hassled. Departments are starting to ignore calls about "a man with a gun" etc.

I could get a ride but I like to be independent whenever I can. Thanks for your thoughts. They're definitely things I need to worry about.

But i'm still looking for a definite answer regarding the laws

I don't know where you heard that departments are starting to ignore calls about a man with a gun but if that is truly the case, i would move out of that area asap.

[UNDFTD]

I don't know where you heard that departments are starting to ignore calls about a man with a gun but if that is truly the case, i would move out of that area asap.

Certain circumstances I mean.

I mean how many criminals open carry?

What kind of criminals go to starbucks with their open carry pistol on their waist reading the paper. Police can tell the difference and won't waste their time.

[alexf2k9]

im almost 100 % sure police will respond to a open carry call...

It is perfectly legal to open carry your AR on your back, would I recommend it.. NO but it is legal

[UNDFTD]

im almost 100 % sure police will respond to a open carry call...

It is perfectly legal to open carry your AR on your back, would I recommend it.. NO but it is legal

Oh well I knew it was legal to carry it on your back but I didn't know if a bicycle is considered a "vehicle" or if there are any special circumstances.


What reasons would they try and give me a ticket though?

[thomashoward]

Oh well I knew it was legal to carry it on your back but I didn't know if a bicycle is considered a "vehicle" or if there are any special circumstances.


What reasons would they try and give me a ticket though?

Yes a bicycle is a vehicle. You can get a DUI riding a bicycle .

If the Police get a call you will be contacted,because there has to be a written disposition of what the outcome of the call was.
I would carry in some kind of a soft case that could be worn as a backpack of some kind. To or from hunting or shooting or during hunting or shooting is OK.

[UNDFTD]

Yes a bicycle is a vehicle. You can get a DUI riding a bicycle .

If the Police get a call you will be contacted,because there has to be a written disposition of what the outcome of the call was.
I would carry in some kind of a soft case that could be worn as a backpack of some kind.

So if I keep it in the case it won't be considered "concealed carry" because i'm in a "vehicle" right?

[bubbagump]

So if I keep it in the case it won't be considered "concealed carry" because i'm in a "vehicle" right?

Carry your long gun in a guitar case or backpack.

And study up on California Gun Laws.

[UNDFTD]

Carry your long gun in a guitar case or backpack.

And study up on California Gun Laws.

Didn't answer my question. And I'm here to learn about the gun laws.

If you're telling me to read through hundreds of pages of California textbook law, I'd rather directly ask people who know the law firsthand.

[waitwha?]

Didn't answer my question. And I'm here to learn about the gun laws.

If you're telling me to read through hundreds of pages of California textbook law, I'd rather directly ask people who know the law firsthand.

The police have to respond to calls for service that they get. If someone calls and says "hey theres a guy carrying a rifle on his back riding a bicycle down the road" you think the dispatcher is just going to say "oh he's probably just open carrying. Dont worry about it" and hang up? NOT likely. Police officers respond to much more mundane calls (ie. welfare checks) than man with a gun calls.

Also, police officers often have to reference books to find the laws they are looking for. I have yet to meet an officer who memorized all the vehicle codes by heart and would be able to recite them all. I would look it up personally for peace of mind rather than taking legal advice over an internet forum.

[760knox]

just break it down, and carry it apart, then put it back together at the range. Same on the way back home.

[bubbagump]

Didn't answer my question. And I'm here to learn about the gun laws.

If you're telling me to read through hundreds of pages of California textbook law, I'd rather directly ask people who know the law firsthand.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=pen&codebody=&hits=20

^^^Reading is good for you^^^

If I had to walk to the range or ride my bicycle to the range, I would carry the long gun in a guitar case or backpack. In this case you said you were going to buy a Sig 556. Seperate the upper and lower assemblies and it should fit in a backpack or duffle. No one is going to know you have a rifle in there. You don't have to worry about someone calling the police. If the police are called, none of us can tell you what exactly will happen.

12025 does not apply to long guns.

Keep the rifle unloaded and put a lock on the case. You can keep the ammunition and magazines in the same case, as long as the rifle is not loaded. Read 12031 and People vs. Clark for a better definition of what loaded means.

[sacluded]

Get a guitar case.