Brown signs 'open carry' restrictions

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Brown-signs-limited-ban-on-open-carry-of-rifles-3903451.php

Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he had extended a ban on the open display of handguns in most California cities and towns to include rifles and shotguns.

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada-Flintridge, said he wrote AB1527 after gun rights advocates began carrying unloaded long guns to protest a law from last year that prohibited the display of handguns.

The measure Brown signed Friday makes it a misdemeanor to display an unloaded firearm outside of a vehicle, with many exemptions for hunters and rural Californians.