Open Carry in Los Angeles, California

Mendy’s Gym on Van Nuys Blvd, Bill Melguin, Fox 11 LA

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This happened Monday night, 6/01/2020. Loaded open carry has been illegal in California since 1968. Unloaded open carry was banned in 2012 for handguns and in 2013 for long guns. Except:

26045 PC   (a) Nothing in Section 25850 is intended to preclude the carrying of any loaded firearm, under circumstances where it would otherwise be lawful, by a person who reasonably believes that any person or the property of any person is in immediate, grave danger and that the carrying of the weapon is necessary for the preservation of that person or property.

26405 PC
Section 26400 does not apply to, or affect, the carrying of an unloaded firearm that is not a handgun in any of the following circumstances:
(a) By a person when carried within a place of business, a place of residence, or on private real property, if that person, by virtue of subdivision (a) of Section 25605, may carry a firearm within that place of business, place of residence, or on that private real property owned or lawfully occupied by that person.
(b) By a person when carried within a place of business, a place of residence, or on private real property, if done with the permission of a person who, by virtue of subdivision (a) of Section 25605, may carry a firearm within that place of business, place of residence, or on that private real property owned or lawfully occupied by that person.

In 1992, this was perfectly legal to do everyday. Even today, if this guy was making an arrest, this would be legal too.

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