Comment There are always 2 sides to a story (Score 1, Insightful) 77
The reporting is really short on details. Was this guy a van lifer type? An RV is considered your primary or "second" home for legal purposes. That means you can have a loaded firearm inside the RV and CA can't do anything about it.
Last time I checked (I left Commifornia a while ago), CA required you to carry firearms unloaded in vehicles, in a place that is not accessible to the operator. EG, unload your weapon and put it in the trunk. Smart people have lock boxes inside their vehicle to store their unloaded weapon.
If this guy was from another state, a standard capacity magazine for a vanilla 9mm handgun would violate CA rules. I also question what their definition of "armor piercing" ammunition is, because the details are important.
Again, from another state, if he had a pack of "green tip" M855 ammunition, it would be perfectly legal, in the communist state of California, not.
I could easily construct a narrative where he was perfectly within his rights, I could easily construct a narrative where he was uninformed and following the laws of his local municipality, but was unaware of the rules of where he was visiting.
My point is that SF and media want to paint people as mass murderers when in fact it could be a 4th amendment overreach. Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law tried by one's peers. It'll be hard to find people who aren't brainwashed by the media and incitement of fear by poor leadership, to be on his jury. If it goes to court, his lawyer would be smart to ask for a change of venue to some place a little more level headed.