Matai
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I have a Utah CFP (fat lot of good it does me in Cali!) and I normally carry a Springfield XD 9mm sub-compact which is semi-auto. If I want to carry that gun in a city in California, like Modesto, it seems like you really have to be careful to know whether the law considers your gun "loaded" or "unloaded". As I read it, in some cases you're unloaded if the chamber is empty and the magazine is out of the gun. In other cases, you cannot carry a loaded magazine at the same time you're carrying the gun.
So, which is which? When can you carry a gun and ammo (separately) and when can you NOT carry the ammo, too?
I have a Utah CFP (fat lot of good it does me in Cali!) and I normally carry a Springfield XD 9mm sub-compact which is semi-auto. If I want to carry that gun in a city in California, like Modesto, it seems like you really have to be careful to know whether the law considers your gun "loaded" or "unloaded". As I read it, in some cases you're unloaded if the chamber is empty and the magazine is out of the gun. In other cases, you cannot carry a loaded magazine at the same time you're carrying the gun.
So, which is which? When can you carry a gun and ammo (separately) and when can you NOT carry the ammo, too?