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Scott in Houston wrote:My daughter is an actor so we drove to LA and spend time there often.

I’ve elected to forego having my gun with me.
The odds of needing it vs the odds that it could cost me a lot of time, money and/or freedom don’t make mathematical sense to me.


If I were to take one, it would be the Glock 26.
10 round magazine etc.

Which is exactly what I brought with me last May on my last trip there.

GreenMan0352 wrote:

CleverNickname wrote:Jeez, it's not Mexico or Iraq or something. You guys are being a little hyperbolic. Take a handgun with <=10 round mags, carry it in Arizona, New Mexico and whatever other states you pass through that recognize your LTC. Before you drive into California, unload it and put it in a locked case in your trunk. Take it out at your destination for the night. Reverse the process when you leave. Yeah it's not ideal, but it's not difficult. Or just don't go. You guys wanting to bring a lawyer into it are making it waaaaay more complicated than necessary.

Southern california might as well be mexico. All the gangs and drugs. I lived in comifornia for close to 4 years and they had ridiculous laws. And people are not exxagerating if you are caught violating the law even if its something minor and you didn't know you best know a good lawyer or you better find one.

I lived in SoCal most of my life until moving here in 2006. I was NOT exaggerating. Their law is easy to follow, but get caught breaking it, and you WILL do time. Like most socialist paradises, they are not very forgiving people.

SQLGeek wrote:Believe it or not, there are some counties that are practically shall issue.

That would be the counties holding about 5% of the population. If you’re going to visit any big coastal city, fuhgeddaboudit.

I’ve made the trip a LOT of times. I have family there who won’t make the effort to visit me here, so I have to go there if I want to see them.

I don’t bother with long guns. I bring a handgun, and I make sure it is one that is California legal from a capacity standpoint. I don’t choose based on concealability, because you’ll never see sunlight again if you get caught with a concealed pistol in California. Your LTC simply means you’re one of the bad guys.

Ergo, I bring along either a .357 revolver (both of mine are J-frames, or I’d carry a bigger one), or one of 3 semiautos I have with ≤10 rounds capacity: G43, G26, or M&P45. I bring one. My wife brings one. That’s it.

It does not matter if your gun is on the official state roster of acceptable handguns, as that only applies to guns for sale in California. Your handgun can be missing from the roster, but it better not have a magazine of larger than 10 rounds capacity. Of those guns that I own that are legal to bring into California, I am most likely to bring one that won’t break my heart if it is confiscated. I just assume that if I need the gun, no matter how legitimately, it will be confiscated, and I probably won’t get it back.