Dominguez said he didn't think he was breaking any laws since all the weapons and ammo were in separate, locked boxes. At least half a dozen times since Thanksgiving, Dominguez said he made similar stops at the airport carrying his guns and never saw a police checkpoint.
He showed officials the paperwork proving the assault rifle was registered and gave them the keys and combinations of all the lockboxes, he said. The Bushmaster "Shorty," a semiautomatic rifle modeled on the military's AR15, was the reason he was finally arrested.
"It posed no threat to nobody," Dominguez said.
Dominguez said he got state permission to own and use the assault rifle last month but the approval letter didn't mention it was illegal in California to make a pit stop while transporting the weapon from his home to the gun range.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28591705/Except for the fact that if correct (and we all know news articles aren't always correct) that 2 of the guns were loaded, this guy would've actually been legal to check these guns in if he was flying since they were in separate locked boxes.
And on his "assault rifle" that's a stupid CA law for you. Stopping at a Mickey D's for a burger would've been illegal in this case.
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