the approval letter didn’t mention it was illegal in California to make a pit stop while transporting the weapon from his home to the gun range."California Penal Code section 12285(c)(7) requires that registered assault weapons may be transported only between specified locations and must be unloaded and in a locked container when transported.
For the sake of argument, try these two scenarios:
- The gun owner lives in Redding, Ca. which is in the northern part of CA. He registered and is enrolled to shoot at a NRA Sanctioned Match to be held at Range 103 aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Ca which is located in the southern part of the state.
- The gun owner Lives in San Clemente, CA. which abuts Camp Pendleton on the Northern Border some 30 Miles from Range 103.
Is there a difference between the two gun owners activities? keep in mind that one can reach the range by traveling on a few city streets to Interstate 5, then To Oceanside, CA. Through the main gate to Camp Pendleton and then 3 or 4 more miles to the Range.
In Case 1 it could possibly involve two or more days travel to attend the same match.
Is there a difference? Can the gun owner sleep overnight in a hotel, can he refuel his vehicle, senter a rest tsop, eat at a resturant or is he compelled to carry enough fuel and food to make the trip nonstop.
Semper Fi
An Old Man
It's a stupid law designed for partial or selective enforcement, to harass legit owners into giving them up, just like they did in the UK, with ever-incresing hassles to keep any firearm, until the number of people with a political stake were small enough so that the government there could push a total ban.
That's the deal with “right to carry” licenses, the guys who write the laws know who their opponents are and what district they vote in.