What are some of the restrictions for travelling with assault weapons in California?
First and foremost, they must be unloaded and locked in case(s). The locked trunk of a car can count as a locked case, but should thus not have any ammunition of the assault weapons’ caliber(s) stored in the trunk. Additionally, there’s a specific destination/specific location requirement for assault weapons in California. While long arm transit rules are relatively relaxed, assault weapons must be transported between specific destinations where they’re authorized, as per PC 12285(c): you just can’t cruise around with an assault weapon as your “truck gun”. These authorized destinations include places like your residence(s), business(es), any businesses whose owners give express permission, residences whose owners give specific permission, shooting ranges and gun clubs, firearms exhibitions, on public land if permission is given by managing agency (for example, BLM land), etc. “Outside California” is, of course, a valid legal destination. Since there’s no standard as to directness of tr
