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Look, a LTC allows you to carry a loaded handgun inside a vehicle, period. It doesn't matter if you are going hunting, coming from hunting or going to the grocery store.
§6109. Licenses.
(a) Purpose of license.—A license to carry a firearm shall be for the purpose of carrying a firearm concealed on or about one’s person or in a vehicle throughout this Commonwealth.
I was hunting with my SRH .44mag on Tuesday and was talking to a PGC officer. When I got done I got into my vehicle WITH my fully loaded .44mag. There is nothing illegal about it.
Read the section I posted from the game laws, you can get in your vehicle with a loaded handgun. I don't know how many times I can explain it. What game law is being broken? None, absolutely none.
A LTC allows a person to carry a loaded handgun inside a vehicle. Doesn't matter what kind of handgun it is, revolver, semi-auto, etc. And because I am a LEO I do not need a LTC, because I am granted an exception.
A LTC does not supercede the game law when it comes to carrying semi-auto's, which is why you cannot have one on you when you are hunting. Even as a LEO I cannot carry my semi-auto handgun while hunting because it is considered an illegal weapon while hunting.
So, I've posted the law which allows you to carry in a vehicle (PACC 6106),
§6106. Firearms not to be carried without a license.
(a) Offense defined.—
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person who carries a firearm in any vehicle or any person who carries a firearm concealed on or about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place of business, without a valid and lawfully issued license under this chapter commits a felony of the third degree.
I've posted the game law which says the same thing (2503).
Sec. 2503. Loaded firearms in vehicles.
(a) General rule. - Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to have a firearm of any kind in or on or against any conveyance propelled by mechanical power or its attachments at any time whether or not the vehicle or its attachment is in motion unless the firearm is unloaded.
(b) Exceptions. - This section shall not be construed to apply to:
(1) A police officer engaged in the performance of his official duty.
(2) A commission officer engaged in the performance of his duty.
(3)
A person carrying a loaded pistol or revolver when in possession of a valid firearms license issued by the chief or head of any police force or the sheriff of a county when the license is issued for protection under 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 Subch. A (relating to Uniform Firearms Act).
(4) Any person as defined in section 2121(c) (relating to killing game or wildlife to protect property) while on lands they control and when not hunting or trapping for game or wildlife.
(5) Any motorboat or other craft having a motor attached or any sailboat if the motor has been completely shut off or the sail furled and its progress therefrom has ceased.
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