This all applies to non CCW holders:
When I got my first handgun when I was 21 I took it to Ontarget to try it out. I went in with preloaded mags in my bag. The counter guy got a bit loud, just a bit, to make an example of me as he was going to explain how that was all wrong etc. and how I could be in big trouble with the police if I was pulled over with loaded mags. So I said ok damn now I know.
Later on as time went on another individual 'in the business' said the law really prohibits ammunition feeding devices from being in a weapon under transport. I think he meant that you can have the loaded mags in the car but separate from the firearm. It might have been a LEO that I was shooting with that I told about the above story to. But that's not important now as:
I just leave it all empty to and from the range so I don't need to figure out or test the exactness of the law or an officer's interpretation should an opportunity arise. I generally put the ammo in a different container during my trip and put it into my bag when I get to the range.
You should get a range bag for numerous other reasons than based on what you should do with the ammo and firearm during transport.
When I got my first handgun when I was 21 I took it to Ontarget to try it out. I went in with preloaded mags in my bag. The counter guy got a bit loud, just a bit, to make an example of me as he was going to explain how that was all wrong etc. and how I could be in big trouble with the police if I was pulled over with loaded mags. So I said ok damn now I know.
Later on as time went on another individual 'in the business' said the law really prohibits ammunition feeding devices from being in a weapon under transport. I think he meant that you can have the loaded mags in the car but separate from the firearm. It might have been a LEO that I was shooting with that I told about the above story to. But that's not important now as:
I just leave it all empty to and from the range so I don't need to figure out or test the exactness of the law or an officer's interpretation should an opportunity arise. I generally put the ammo in a different container during my trip and put it into my bag when I get to the range.
You should get a range bag for numerous other reasons than based on what you should do with the ammo and firearm during transport.