Comments on: Carrying a rifle openly on a vehicle in Arizona? http://www.arizonarifleman.com/2008/07/02/carrying-a-rifle-openly-on-a-vehicle-in-arizona/ Shooter, Scientist Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: -gary http://www.arizonarifleman.com/2008/07/02/carrying-a-rifle-openly-on-a-vehicle-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-193 -gary Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:50:48 +0000 http://azrifleman.heypete.com/?p=121#comment-193 Legal? Haven't checked, but I've seen it around here a couple of times. It's strange even for me to see someone on a bike go by with a rifle slug over their back, so I can't imagine what the average gun fearing SUV driver would think. If you're carrying an AR, get the case below. It has detachable straps that allow you to carry it like a backpack, and is actually quite comfortable. I have one and use it all the time when I have ammo bag in one hand and bolt rifle in the other. It would carry an SBR without breaking down, but not a standard 16". http://castlerocktactical.com/crt_dc16.htm Legal? Haven’t checked, but I’ve seen it around here a couple of times. It’s strange even for me to see someone on a bike go by with a rifle slug over their back, so I can’t imagine what the average gun fearing SUV driver would think.

If you’re carrying an AR, get the case below. It has detachable straps that allow you to carry it like a backpack, and is actually quite comfortable. I have one and use it all the time when I have ammo bag in one hand and bolt rifle in the other. It would carry an SBR without breaking down, but not a standard 16″.

http://castlerocktactical.com/crt_dc16.htm

]]> By: DirtCrashr http://www.arizonarifleman.com/2008/07/02/carrying-a-rifle-openly-on-a-vehicle-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-192 DirtCrashr Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:07:14 +0000 http://azrifleman.heypete.com/?p=121#comment-192 If you lay it down while carrying a rifle it's gonna act as an extra big beating-stick on you. Think pain - don't wear the pain. I'd try to get one of those <a href="http://www.riflemagazine.com/catalog/detail.cfm?ProductID=437" rel="nofollow">ATV rifle cases</a> that ATV riders use to mount a rifle rather than a big Pelican case. You can even get them from JC Whitney. If you lay it down while carrying a rifle it’s gonna act as an extra big beating-stick on you. Think pain – don’t wear the pain. I’d try to get one of those ATV rifle cases that ATV riders use to mount a rifle rather than a big Pelican case. You can even get them from JC Whitney.

]]> By: hrahen http://www.arizonarifleman.com/2008/07/02/carrying-a-rifle-openly-on-a-vehicle-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-190 hrahen Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:51 +0000 http://azrifleman.heypete.com/?p=121#comment-190 From all the statues I could find, a rifle is not considered a concealable weapon in AZ, and therefore not subject to concealed carry laws. If you put it in a pelican case, that's not concealing, it's securing. Even handguns follow this motif. If I purchase a Glock at a gun show, and it comes in the plastic case, I am not concealing it. If, on the other hand, I put it in a paper bag, that could be considered concealing. The gun is potentially at-ready, the bag obfuscates its contents, and the gun can be operated from concealment. As for open-carry of weapons, the only weapon (barring explosives and the like) that I could find explicitly forbidden from carry is nunchaku, whether concealed or not. 'Gotta level the playing field with ninjas somehow... One of the nice thing about AZ's CCW permit is that it's a permit to carry ANY legal, deadly weapon concealed. From all the statues I could find, a rifle is not considered a concealable weapon in AZ, and therefore not subject to concealed carry laws. If you put it in a pelican case, that’s not concealing, it’s securing. Even handguns follow this motif. If I purchase a Glock at a gun show, and it comes in the plastic case, I am not concealing it. If, on the other hand, I put it in a paper bag, that could be considered concealing. The gun is potentially at-ready, the bag obfuscates its contents, and the gun can be operated from concealment.

As for open-carry of weapons, the only weapon (barring explosives and the like) that I could find explicitly forbidden from carry is nunchaku, whether concealed or not. ‘Gotta level the playing field with ninjas somehow…

One of the nice thing about AZ’s CCW permit is that it’s a permit to carry ANY legal, deadly weapon concealed.

]]> By: Arizona Rifleman http://www.arizonarifleman.com/2008/07/02/carrying-a-rifle-openly-on-a-vehicle-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Arizona Rifleman Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:29:53 +0000 http://azrifleman.heypete.com/?p=121#comment-188 Rustmeister: Yeah, I figured as such. Laying a bike down with a loaded pistol is one thing. Laying it down with a loaded rifle is another. gator: *laughs* I certainly hope not. That would Not Be Fun. Rustmeister: Yeah, I figured as such. Laying a bike down with a loaded pistol is one thing. Laying it down with a loaded rifle is another.

gator: *laughs* I certainly hope not. That would Not Be Fun.

]]> By: gator http://www.arizonarifleman.com/2008/07/02/carrying-a-rifle-openly-on-a-vehicle-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-187 gator Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:17:35 +0000 http://azrifleman.heypete.com/?p=121#comment-187 Whatever happens, the headline will read something like "Biker Arrested With Assault Rifle". Whatever happens, the headline will read something like “Biker Arrested With Assault Rifle”.

]]> By: Rustmeister http://www.arizonarifleman.com/2008/07/02/carrying-a-rifle-openly-on-a-vehicle-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Rustmeister Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:28:53 +0000 http://azrifleman.heypete.com/?p=121#comment-186 Having it unloaded would be a good idea. :-) Having it unloaded would be a good idea. :-)

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