1. It is unlawful to carry a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun in or on any vehicle which is standing on or along, or is being driven on or along, any public highway or any other way open to the public.
2. For the purposes of this section:
(a) A rifle or shotgun is loaded when there is an unexpended cartridge or shell in the firing chamber, but not when the only cartridges or shells are in the magazine.
(b) A muzzle-loading rifle or muzzle-loading musket is not loaded if the priming compound or element, including, without limitation, the priming powder or the unfired primer or percussion cap, is removed from the muzzle-loading rifle or muzzle-loading musket.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to paraplegics, persons with one or both legs amputated or who have suffered a paralysis of one or both legs which severely impedes walking, or peace officers and members of the Armed Forces of this State or the United States while on duty or going to or returning from duty.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1367; A 1971, 1542; 1981, 321; 1987, 596; 2019, 402)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures
NRS 503.015 - Interference with person lawfully hunting or trapping.
NRS 503.030 - Possession of wildlife after end of open season; storage.
NRS 503.037 - Commercial preservation facility: Maintenance of records; inspection.
NRS 503.040 - Transportation of wildlife or raw furs taken within State.
NRS 503.050 - Unlawful to waste game bird, mammal, fish or amphibian.
NRS 503.090 - Unlawful to hunt except during open season.
NRS 503.135 - Hunting of migratory waterfowl: Requirement of federal stamp.
NRS 503.140 - Hours of hunting.
NRS 503.175 - Penalty for discharging firearm from or over federal or state highway or county road.
NRS 503.240 - Unlawful to hunt, trap or fish upon certain private property without permission.
NRS 503.242 - Unlawful to hunt alternative livestock.
NRS 503.245 - Limitation on hunting upland game birds by nonresidents.
NRS 503.270 - Open season; hours of fishing.
NRS 503.300 - Regulations of Commission: Types and use of bait; chumming.
NRS 503.310 - Live bait: Authority of Commission; permit required for sale.
NRS 503.360 - Unlawful fishing from hatcheries.
NRS 503.380 - Commercial taking of unprotected wildlife.
NRS 503.400 - Fishways and fish ladders: Construction and maintenance; penalty.
NRS 503.410 - Unlawful interference with flow of water through fish ladder.
NRS 503.420 - Fish screens: Installation and maintenance; unlawful acts.
NRS 503.425 - Dredging operations: Permits; unlawful acts.
NRS 503.430 - Water pollution: Deposit of substance deleterious to fish or wildlife; penalties.
NRS 503.440 - Open season for fur-bearing mammals.
NRS 503.450 - Manner of hunting fur-bearing mammals.
NRS 503.456 - Development and posting of warning signs for trapping.
NRS 503.470 - Control of fur-bearing mammals doing damage.
NRS 503.540 - Authority of Department to enter land and remove beaver or otter.
NRS 503.575 - Sale of live beaver by Department.
NRS 503.584 - Legislative finding; conservation, protection and propagation of selected species.
NRS 503.586 - Translocation or destruction of endangered species found to be destructive.
NRS 503.587 - Duties of Commission.
NRS 503.588 - Duties of Governor.
NRS 503.589 - Powers and duties of Director.
NRS 503.595 - Prevention or alleviation of damage caused by wildlife.
NRS 503.620 - Protection of birds included in Migratory Bird Treaty Act.