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Maestro Pistolero, you overlooked something. Read the section again. There are two requirements (1) it is locked in the vehicle's trunk or in a locked container and (2) The firearm is carried by the person directly to or from any motor vehicle for any lawful purpose and, while carrying the firearm, the firearm is contained within a locked container.
Therefore, if you don't keep the handgun in a locked container in the trunk, how did you get it in the trunk? In theory, one might carry the firearm "contained within a locked container" to the motor vehicle and then unload it into the trunk, but as a practical matter, why would anyone do that? The practical reality is that, given the requirement to carry the firearm "contained within a locked container" to the motor vehicle, a person is just going to put the locked container in the trunk.
If you put the handgun into the trunk without its having been carried to the motor vehicle while contained within a locked container, you have not complied fully with the exception.
Therefore the statement that a trunk does not qualify as a locked container is "close enough for government work."
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I believe it is you who has overlooked something. As someone already pointed out, you may carry the loaded gun openly on your own property. If, while on your own property, you remove the mag, and the chambered round, and lock the gun in your trunk, you are in compliance.
If you should need to retrieve AND LOAD the gun for any lawful purpose such as self defense, or on the property of a gun range for the purposes of target practice, you are covered under the law.
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If you put the handgun into the trunk without its having been carried to the motor vehicle while contained within a locked container, you have not complied fully with the exception
Therefore the statement that a trunk does not qualify as a locked container is "close enough for government work." .
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Incorrect. Be glad there was no quiz.
You are overlooking the fact that the locked container provision is only for transport in the vehicle. As long as it is unloaded, (long guns and handguns) you are free to openly carry in any place where is is not otherwise prohibited. For handguns, one example would be a school zone.
FYI: 12026.1 contains exceptions to 12025... it doesn't create a crime in and of itself. 12025 only deals with concealed carry, not open carry.