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The farm is my home...

Anyways, this is the statute of concern to me:

18 Pa.C.S. § 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.

BUT... here in paragraph (b) of that same statute, is the one exception that I see that relieves me from being a felon:

(b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(8) Any person while carrying a firearm which is not
loaded and is in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his home or place of business, or to a place
of repair, sale or appraisal or back to his home or
place of business, or in moving from one place of abode
or business to another or from his home to a vacation or
recreational home or dwelling or back, or to
recover stolen property under section 6111.1(b)(4)
(relating to Pennsylvania State Police), or to a place
of instruction intended to teach the safe handling, use
or maintenance of firearms or back or to a location to
which the person has been directed to relinquish
firearms under 23 Pa.C.S. § 6108 (relating to relief)
or back upon return of the relinquished firearm or to a
licensed dealer's place of business for relinquishment
pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S § 6108.2 (relating to
relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or
safekeeping) or back upon return of the relinquished
firearm or to a location for safekeeping pursuant to 23
Pa.C.S. § 6108.3 (relating to relinquishment to third
party for safekeeping) or back upon return of the
relinquished firearm.

Still, I have a sneaking suspicion that I will need to have, on speeddial, a scumbag lawyer (trust me, I am being polite... I really don't like lawyers) if I am pulled over, because, afterall, ignorance of the law has proven itself as an valid excuse for law enforcement to define the law however they so choose.

You should note that as far as exceptions goes, the black and white text of Title 18 Pa.C.S. §6106(a)(1) refers to §6106(a)(2), NOT not §6106(b). Further, §6106(a)(2) does not refer to the exceptions listed in §6106(b), either.