Paso Robles police arrest man for carrying unregistered loaded gun in vehicle

PASO ROBLES, Calif. - Officers from the Paso Robles Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a 2005 Ford Mustang with two men inside of it Friday evening.

The officers stopped the vehicle around 10:30 p.m. on the 900 block of Vines Street. While the police were speaking with the occupants, they noticed the passenger of the vehicle had a magazine to a firearm sticking out of his front pocket.

The passenger was later identified as Jesus Moreno Gonzalez.

The police department said the officers immediately took the proper safety precautions upon noticing the magazine and safely detained both of the men without incident.

During a search, the officers found an unregistered Glock 9mm stuffed down the front of Moreno Gonzalez' waistband.

Moreno Gonzalez was arrested and booked in the San Luis Obispo County Jail for possession of a loaded concealed firearm in a vehicle and possession of a loaded firearm on persons in a vehicle.

So far this month the Paso Robles Police Department has recovered about three firearms from cases like this one around the city. Police said that most if not all the guns were stolen, not registered or possessed illegally.

Police would like to remind the community to keep your firearms secured and in a safe location that is inaccessible to thieves or children. As terrible as it is to have your property stolen, it is worse to have it stolen and used in a crime or possibly injure loved ones.