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Looking over the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act, § 6106 (Firearms not to be carried without a license), the exceptions as they pertain to unlocked firearms in vehicles:

(4) Any persons engaged in target shooting with a firearm, if such persons are at or are going to or from their places of assembly or target practice and if, while going to or from their places of assembly or target practice, the firearm is not loaded.
(9) Persons licensed to hunt, take furbearers or fish in this Commonwealth, if such persons are actually hunting, taking furbearers or fishing as permitted by such license, or are going to the places where they desire to hunt, take furbearers or fish or returning from such places. ~Requires Sportsmans Permit per 6106(c)(1)
(11) Any person while carrying a firearm in any vehicle, which person possesses a valid and lawfully issued license for that firearm which has been issued under the laws of the United States or any other state.
(14) A person lawfully engaged in the interstate transportation of a firearm as defined under 18 U.S.C §921(a)(3) (relating to definitions) in compliance with 18 U.S.C. § 926A (relating to interstate transportation of firearms).

So #4 provides the right to carry it in a vehicle unloaded if you are traveling to or from target practice, #9 if you are traveling to or from hunting/fishing, #11 if you have a LTCF, and #14 under interstate commerce (which does not grant you the right to carry it unlocked anyway). Thus, by reading this law, I don't believe merely unloaded, and not locked, is sufficient in most cases.

"Thus, by reading this law, I don't believe merely unloaded, and not locked, is sufficient in most cases."

There has to be more. For instance, transporting to and from a gun store. If you didn't have a LTCF how could you ever buy a gun and bring it home? Also, taking it to and from an armorer for repair, upgrade etc... How could you ever legally transport it to get it repaired if you didn't have an LTCF?