I hold a current N.C. CCW , am moving to CA. Will it make getting CA. CCW easier ?
why o why o why would you do such a thing?
I'm also echoing the voices of others... check to make sure your firearms are compliant within the borders of CA. They may need to be modified or *gasp* sold before you go there.
Concerning your permit from NC, the following is an excerpt out of the
Traveler's Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States: "California does not issue permits to nonresidents and will not recognize out-of-state licenses." .... also "Vehicle transport of a handgun without a California license is limited to an unloaded handgun locked in the trunk or vehicle storage compartment. An unloaded handgun may also be transported in the passenger compartment if it is secured in a locked gun case. Handguns may not be located in the glove compartment or console box. Rifles and shotguns must be unloaded but need not be in locked containers. "Loaded" is when ammunition is in a firearm's chamber or in any attached magazine." also.... "A traveler may openly carry an unloaded handgun while on foot in most public areas of California if no ammunition is in the weapon or in any magazine or clip "attached" to the firearm. This would mean that an unloaded pistol in a belt holster would be legal as long as the loaded magazine is in plain view and not inserted in the pistol. This [sic] is OK as long as it does not occur in a prohibited area such as a school, government building, or state capitol grounds."
Some CA restrictions: importation of all semi-automatic assault weapons (do your research as to what that means), .50 caliber center-fire rifles, and over 10 shot magazines. If you have any of these, you will need to modify them or get rid of them before moving to CA.
My suggestion if you are dead set on moving there is to find out which firearms you own that you can actually have in CA first. Sell off the rest. When traveling there, before you get a CA license, keep all of your firearms locked in the trunk and keep your ammunition separate and also locked in the trunk. This is more than the CA law requires, but if everything is locked and separate, then if you do get stopped, they will need a search warrant to see what you have.