Staying in a cabin with group of friends, should I tell them?

[hardworker]

There might be a breach of etiquette if you play with the gun all night and the other guy is sleeping. If you leave it hidden in the bag and mention it to nobody, you're not doing anything wrong morally, legally or ethically.

 

[ChronoCube]

ChronoCube, you said you do not have a CCW. Therefore, if you carry that pistol in a backpack, etc., you are breaking the law. Even "open carry" can garner you some grief from cops, if they choose to bust you. In the cabin, you're okay, but step out on the porch, etc., and you are in violation.

I am aware of that. I wasn't planning to carry it, even while in the cabin, but have it tucked away somewhere, and locked up in a case if I took it out of the cabin (best thing I can do legally in CA).

I don't know why you'd carry a rifle with you on a skiing trip, unless you're wanting to do some training in case you've decided to join the Army and put in for the 10th Mtn. Div. I no longer ski -- bum knee -- but when I did, I can't think of a time when a rifle would have been anything but a burden.

I'm not gonna carry it while skiing. If I took it out of the cabin it would be as a trunk gun. I tend to view handguns as sidearms and feel undergunned without a rifle or shotgun.

BTW, in California, you are not required to tell someone in his home that you are carrying a firearm. At least there was no law requiring "notification" on the books when I lived n Los Angeles for nearly 36 years.

I haven't heard anything about it either, and I read Calguns a lot too.

 

[hso]

under my pillow

No

You've already indicated you don't know everyone. You also don't have a carry permit and I'm going to assume you don't have a hunting license so
you don't have an obvious reason to bring a rifle since you're on a woodsy vacation instead of a hunting trip. Since you don't know how mature or responsible everyone is, since you can't secure your firearms during the trip, since you're on a mini vacation in the mountains I wouldn't bring anything that can't be locked to something secure.

 

[Justin Holder]

I'm going skiing with a group and we'll be spending two nights in a cabin in the mountains.

Sounds like the beginning of a B horror movie.

 

[MrOldLude]

As stated by others, they don't need to know. Ever.

The people here who suggested "tell them afterward" and the like, are just as dumb as people who freak out in the presence of firearms.

 

[joe_security]

Keep it in deep concealment and tell no one.