Pistols problematic in CA. Banned from many public game refuges and parks. Debate rages whether OK to carry while hunting: clearly banned if hunting in an archery season, debatably OK with burden on you to convince suspicious officers in other seasons if you are not actively assisting in the hunting or "take" [so what is the point of carrying it].

I am still trying to understand the tangle of regulations and laws on pistol carrying. The DFG, DOJ, and the CA Attorney General have overall jurisdiction, but so doeas every schoold district, municipality, common carrier, county, etcetera. It is enough so at least for now I am discouraged from a pistol as a second member of the arsenal.

Carrying a second long rifle is a practical concern. That is why originally I was so interested in the rifle-shotgun combo guns. This device might make life with a second long gun tolerable:

http://www.gunslingercorral.com/