And I'm sure there is some applicable case law regarding this topic.
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Oh i always have it in a case in the car just didn't know since I'm buying another one if I should get another hard case or I'd soft was ok.
Not to hijack this thread but I have a couple that always come up during pheasant season that I'm not 100% sure on.
1 - O/U open but shells in the chamber... My thought is this is illegal but a bit of a grey area since we've had wardens look at my friends shotgun and not say anything.
2 - auto with shell cutoff, bolt locked open and empty chamber but shells in the mag. I think this is legal but the same wardens didn't mention anything.
I would have asked them but I didn't want to get my friend a ticket if he wasn't legal at the moment.
Just don't have a rifle or shotgun with one in the chamber and you are fine
#1 - I'd have to call that illegal, shells in the chamber. Whether the action was closed or not. But, I'm not the Game Warden.
#2 - Legal. My dad's old Browning Auto 5 had a cutoff lever that kept shells from feeding. You could close that lever and lock the bolt open, yet flip that lever and she'd load up a round right now.
From the CO State Patrol Website:
Colorado allows a person to carry a firearm in a vehicle, loaded or unloaded, if its use is for lawful protection of such person or another's person or property. [C.R.S. 18-12-105(2)] Colorado law also allows a person to possess a handgun in a dwelling, place of business, or automobile. However, you cannot carry the weapon concealed on or about your person while transporting it into your home, business, hotel room, etc. Local jurisdictions may not enact laws that restrict a person's ability to travel with a weapon. [C.R.S. 18-12-105.6] The Act permits the nationwide carrying of concealed handguns by qualified current and retired law enforcement officers and amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90-618, 82 Stat. 1213) to exempt qualified current and retired law enforcement officers from state and local laws prohibiting the carry of concealed firearms.