My dear man I have been to several pieces of the once great state of California.
You act as though carrying a sidearm on your side while riding a horse is a big deal, where I am from horses, guns and freedom are the norm.
My wife and adult children all carry everyday everywhere we go be it in a truck, on horseback (yes we own horses and ride often) or on foot.
We open carry concealed carry or a combination of both.
We also hunt with suppressed weapons, handguns, shotguns or rifles you no doubt have read about but cannot own.
If you measure freedom by the ability to wander through federal owned property then go be free and enjoy.
As for me the measure of freedom admittedly is markedly different.
Less government intervention would do us all better and leave the country in a much better way.