Posted: 5/7/2014 7:31:10 PM EDT
| Any problem with me legally leaving a locked up loaded pistol in my truck on a public road that is right next to a public school in California? I have a CCW. CCW prohibits "carry on school grounds" |
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Any problem with me legally leaving a locked up loaded pistol in my truck on a public road that is right next to a public school in California? I have a CCW. CCW prohibits "carry on school grounds" CA allows carry on campus if you have a CCW. Edit: If your license specifically forbids carry on school grounds then it must be followed. |
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You can't CCW on a school ground? What a stupid law is that a state thing or a county limitation they have put on your CCW ? I have no idea but I would say your going to be ok leaving it in your truck CA has a million gun laws that no one enforces or understands  It is a county limitation they have put on my CCW. Does my CCW still cover the pistol even though I would not be carrying it, and would be like 100 yards away from it? |
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Reading the penal code it looks like you are ok with that plan (I do think it needs to be unloaded though ). K-12 you have to be a 1000 feet from the school but I see not mention of it for college campuses.
"(2) Any person who violates subdivision (b) by possessing a firearm within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of a public or private school providing instruction in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall be punished as follows:" CalGuns Wiki Link |
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Actually after a little more digging it looks like you are good to go:
"PC 12031 specifically exempts those authorized to carry under PC 12050 from getting in trouble for a loaded weapon. PC 12027 states "Section 12025 does not apply to, or affect, any of the following:" "(j) The carrying of a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person by a person who is authorized to carry that weapon in a concealed manner pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 12050)." |
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Applicable laws...
Penal Code 626.9 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1995. (b) Any person who possesses a firearm in a place that the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a school zone, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), unless it is with the written permission of the school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority, shall be punished as specified in subdivision (f). (c) Subdivision (b) does not apply to the possession of a firearm under any of the following circumstances: (2) When the firearm is an unloaded pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed on the person and is in a locked container or within the locked trunk of a motor vehicle. This section does not prohibit or limit the otherwise lawful transportation of any other firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed on the person, in accordance with state law. (e) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "School zone" means an area in, or on the grounds of, a public or private school providing instruction in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of the public or private school. (l) This section does not apply to a duly appointed peace officer as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, a full-time paid peace officer of another state or the federal government who is carrying out official duties while in California, any person summoned by any of these officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while he or she is actually engaged in assisting the officer, a member of the military forces of this state or of the United States who is engaged in the performance of his or her duties, a person holding a valid license to carry the firearm pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 26150) of Division 5 of Title 4 of Part 6, or an armored vehicle guard, engaged in the performance of his or her duties, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 7521 of the Business and Professions Code. |
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thanks I called them directly when I first got my CCW, leaving it locked in the car on the curb is consistent with their wishes. It is a pain in the ass to unholster and reholster in the drivers seat twice a day in front of the school in yuppieville, but it is what it is. IIRC, the person I talked to about it used to be the mayor of Clovis, but works in the SO CCW department now that he is retired. Just checked, I'm up for renewal soon, better look into that... |