I was just about to buy this vault when i re-read the law and I'm not sure it constitues as a legal storage device in Califorina.
Since utility compartments specifinally do not count as a locked containers, and this gun vault is not fully enclosed (it comes enclosed when you bolt it to the car, but that using the "cough" utility compartment, which does not count.
I think I might just get something secured by a cable and throw a towel over it so it will be hidden from view.
so my understanding is that the vault is not fully enclosed until it becomes mounted in which case it uses the utility compartment to become fully enclosed, and the utility compartment does not count, so the vault is probably not legal in California because it's basically just adding a better lock to the utility compartment as it is not it's own fully enclosed container.