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  • #1
    Reloaderdave
    Member
    • Mar 2010
    • 106

    Locked container in vehicle

    Hi all,
    I know the "gun must be in a locked container" law has been hashed over
    to death but something else comes to mind. To those of us that have
    pickup trucks, it's understood that a locked container is required in the
    cab. but would a shell installed on the bed with a locking window be
    considered the same as a trunk of a car? I have a tendency to think no,
    it's not the same, but I really haven't read any discussion on it, or even
    one of those cross bed tool boxes you see on work trucks. No, I'm not
    trying to skirt the law at all, I'm just asking because....I don't know!

    Reloaderdave
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    • #2
      mej16489
      Veteran Member
      • Aug 2008
      • 2714
      "Secure Locked Container" - that's all the law tells us

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        • #3
          IrishPirate
          Calguns Addict
          • Aug 2009
          • 6390
          The container has to be locked. Otherwise anyone can jump in the bed and get your gun. The tool boxes would be legal as long as they lock
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            • #4
              BigJ
              Veteran Member
              • May 2010
              • 3172
              Are we talking handguns or long guns? If long guns, no lock is required.

              If we're talking handguns, in my opinion (based on reading this: http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/Transporting) if access to the inside of the shell can only be achieved by unlocking a door, hatch, window or panel via a combo lock or key, then I'm good to go.

              YMMV.
              Last edited by BigJ; 10-13-2012, 5:15 PM.
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                • #5
                  Notorious
                  Veteran Member
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 4695
                  For a pickup with no shell, get a locking hard case and toss it in the backseat or behind the seat in a single cab.
                  I like guns

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                    • #6
                      CalCop
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 573
                      Assuming you can't access the bed thru a sliding rear window... a locked camper shell is equivalent to a trunk. But I still wouldn't have 'em viewable thru the camper windows....they'll get stolen.
                      Last edited by CalCop; 10-14-2012, 8:44 AM.
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                        • #7
                          Notorious
                          Veteran Member
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 4695
                          Originally posted by CalCop
                          Assuming you can't access the bed thru a sliding rear window... a locked camper shell is equivalent to a trunk. But I still wouldn't have 'em viewable thru the camper windows....they'll get stolen.
                          Nondescript covert case with some dirty blankets covering it.
                          I like guns

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                            • #8
                              bill_k_lopez
                              Banned
                              • May 2011
                              • 2836
                              Whats more expensive - a lock and a case or a lawyer?

                              Buy a case for your guns, and a lock - when you transport them (in your car, in your trunk, under your seat, on the roof where ever) keep them in the case, with the lock on and you'll be good to go.

                              Why is everyone so concerned with the semantics of it all?

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                                • #9
                                  edgerly779
                                  CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                                  CGN Contributor
                                  • Aug 2009
                                  • 19871
                                  Locking case for handguns not locking hardcase. So many get it wrong. Read the cadoj regs.

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