“At an airport? Doesn’t he own a radio or TV? “
According to CA law, he would have been in just as much trouble had he stopped at a Starbucks. If you own a “registered assault weapon” you can ONLY transport it from it’s safe to the range, nowhere else. I assume this would mean stopping to pick up a shooting buddy at his house, too.
The other guns (surprised the Breeze didn’t call it an arsenal) are not subject to the law.
He has to carry his “assault weapon” paperwork with him when he transports it, too.
It would be easy to stake out one of these registered owners and wait for him to stop for gas. “Driver’s license and registration, please, and open your trunk. What’s this! An assault weapon!”
When I lived in CA you could buy that AR15 with no registration at all.
Cash. Anywhere.