"Hi-Cap mags" ?

[Jicko]

confused you should be i was unaware of any law against "transporting hi-caps" unless its into california

re-read csc's posting.... the OP admitted it himself to the CHP....

[CalCop]

If you have guns bouncing around in the bed of your truck, it's plain view as to the gun cases but he can't open them and search for magazines without your consent unless you make statements otherwise.

Agreed. Just because you see gun cases in the bed of the truck does not mean there is reasonable suspicion of a crime. I hate it when some cops assume when gun cases are involved there must obviously be a crime in one of them....or they think they are allowed to open the cases to find out. Now, if there is a silencer on the back seat, okay, search the cases. But, if all they were doing is speeding....you do NOT have RS or PC of anything gun-related and you shouldn't be searching the cases.

[MistDaemon]

What about:

CALIFORNIA CODES
PENAL CODE
SECTION 25850

25850. (a) A person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm when the
person carries a loaded firearm on the person or in a vehicle while
in any public place or on any public street in an incorporated city
or in any public place or on any public street in a prohibited area
of unincorporated territory.
(b) In order to determine whether or not a firearm is loaded for
the purpose of enforcing this section, peace officers are authorized
to examine any firearm carried by anyone on the person or in a
vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in an
incorporated city or prohibited area of an unincorporated territory.
Refusal to allow a peace officer to inspect a firearm pursuant to
this section constitutes probable cause for arrest for violation of
this section.
...

If the LEO knows you have a firearm, the firearms can be checked.

[CalCop]

What about:
If the LEO knows you have a firearm, the firearms can be checked.

Possession of gun case does not equal possession of firearm.

[CalCop]

So my question is am i allowed to transport my firearms with no amunition in the gun or magazines but have my 25 round mags for the 10/22 in the gun box i transport my firearms in?

Yes, if you don't admit importation.

[Sunday]

Guns bad ,large cap mags worst!

[arsilva32]

sounds like to me you got extremely lucky it was that particular chipy that pulled you over.he sounds like a very cool cop that gave you a huge break.

[Notorious]

Possession of gun case does not equal possession of firearm.

Especially if you use the covert cases or other non-gun case looking containers, there is no PC, period.

[bergmen]

The only error was admitting importation. Possession is not illegal.

The ONLY way you can have a BX-25 in California is by importing them. They were not made before 1-1-2000 when you would have had to be in possession prior in order to have legal possession today.

Dan

[Ron-Solo]

The ONLY way you can have a BX-25 in California is by importing them. They were not made before 1-1-2000 when you would have had to be in possession prior in order to have legal possession today.

Dan

Incorrect. You can use a BX-25 to rebuild your existing 25 round magazines, or as in my case, I bought a bunch before I retired from LE where I purchased them from a local store that specializes in LE sales. I spent $300+ on magazines the morning I had to turn in my active LE credentials for my retired credentials.

Maybe you should spend some more time reading this forum before spouting off incorrect information.

[CalCop]

The ONLY way you can have a BX-25 in California is by importing them. They were not made before 1-1-2000 when you would have had to be in possession prior in order to have legal possession today.

Possessing them does not mean YOU imported them. And neither receiving, nor finding, nor possession of the mag is illegal.

[rromeo]

They can legally be sold from an armored car company.

[Notorious]

They can legally be sold from an armored car company.

You mean, you can legally buy them if you are a properly licensed armor car guard. That is listed in the penal code as an authorized purchaser.

[ke6guj]

You mean, you can legally buy them if you are a properly licensed armor car guard. That is listed in the penal code as an authorized purchaser.

the exemption is not limited to purchases by armored car guards.


32435. Section 32310 does not apply to any of the following:
(a) The sale of, giving of, lending of, importation into this
state of, or purchase of, any large-capacity magazine, to or by any
entity that operates an armored vehicle business pursuant to the laws
of this state.

[Notorious]

the exemption is not limited to purchases by armored car guards.


32435. Section 32310 does not apply to any of the following:
(a) The sale of, giving of, lending of, importation into this
state of, or purchase of, any large-capacity magazine, to or by any
entity that operates an armored vehicle business pursuant to the laws
of this state.

This was the sentence referenced by my post:

They can legally be sold from an armored car company.

Which, although true, is not relevant to the original situation where the OP admitted importing them, which then got into a question of how he came into possession of them via other legal means, which then would follow that the crux of it turns on the ACQUISITION by the OP, via legal means, rather than who sold it or how it was sold, which is irrelevant to the situation.

Which is why I concentrated on how the OP, as an individual, may legally purchase a regular capacity magazine in CA.