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California: Carrying a Loaded Gun in a Backpack Still Illegal
9 May 2016
San Francisco Chronicle
Carrying a loaded gun without a license is illegal in California even if the weapon is tucked inside a backpack, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
In a unanimous ruling Monday, the court allowed prosecutors to charge a man with violating California's open-carry law by carrying a loaded revolver that police said they found in his backpack.
The law makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail, to carry a loaded gun "on the person or in a vehicle while... (GunPolicy.org)