bratgirllcp
Ultimate Member
I was given 1 when I got my HQL not real big but for me its fine.
What is your favorite range bag and why?
The counter guy was misinformed or just lying. The law does not forbid loaded mags, and there is an AG letter stating his interpretation is that loaded mags are legal to transport in a vehicle. The letter is dated 15 Jan 2010... I have a copy I saved from someone posting it here but can't repost at the moment.
That being said, a range is a privately owned business, so if they want to make a rule that you can't enter with loaded mags, they can do that.
Here's that letter. I keep it pretty handy.
New Shooter, go take a gun safety course. Read MSP website for more information. Put Gun in case; Put everything else in another bag. Go to range and shoot.
The guy might have been addressing if I had it in my car like that since it was all together in the one bag, but not accessible, like in the trunk. I can't recall exactly the whole conversation but he was using a lot of 'conviction' to make his point. This was in '93 probably. It was definitely a power trip thing at play to some degree, partly to just make an impression on a young shooter, and I just kept quiet and 'dove under the wave' so I could go on and shoot. Inside I was obviously annoyed I was put on the spot. From that day forward I vowed to never be on the spot again.
Read the law, don't listen to internet "lawyers" interpretations.
Things were different in 93.
Through the 90s I taught in several NRA Pistol and Personal Protection courses.
That WAS what was being taught, based on the laws and then current interpretations.
What is your favorite range bag and why?
Prior to that letter, the advice given was to NOT carry loaded mags in MD.
That letter changed things, but many people do not know about it.
But since it is an interpretation, it could be changed just by the AG issuing a new letter saying loaded mags are NOT OK.
Without a range bag where do you put your shoot-n-see dots, stapler, tape, binoculars, leatherman, chamber flags, ammo, chapstick, Tylenol, glasses, the other glasses, headphones & spare batteries, ear plugs, the other ear plugs, and Israeli bandage?
F unconstitutional gun laws. Who are you guys letting into your trunk?
Especially if we can't carry firearm and ammo in same bag/case
Since way back when I just don't carry loaded mags even if there is a legal ability to do so. I know it's illegal for them to be easily accessible and could get into trouble if I began carrying them around in a way to be construed as 'accessible'.
I also will put the ammo in a separate bag to be married up with my range bag when I get to the range. I'll put the ammo and gun(s) in separate locations too, for the most part.