§ 7727. Additional limitations on operation
Except as otherwise permitted under Title 34 (relating to game), no person shall:
(1) Operate or ride in any snowmobile or ATV with any bow and arrows or with any firearm in his possession unless it is unstrung or unloaded.
(2) Drive or pursue any game or wildlife with a snowmobile or an ATV.
Unless PA corrected the firearm in the "any vehicle" code, it's considered concealed carry (need a license to carry).
http://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-laws/pennsylvania.aspx
Except that nowhere in the statutes does it state that carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle requires a license to carry because it is considered concealed.
It is simply carry in a vehicle (and carry in also means carry on).
Somewhere, somehow, a long time ago, some made that up, and it stuck, and has been repeated as fact ad infinitum, yet the relevant statute makes no mention at all about open or concealed carry, it simply says "carries a firearm in any vehicle" and "carrying a firearm in any vehicle", but nothing about "because it is considered concealed".
The importance of leaving out the 'concealed' part is that too often folks are misled into believing they can then legally OC on a motorcycle without any license because it is not concealed, and BANG, instant M1 and loss of all firearms rights (if they are caught).
18 PA C.S. 6106 for anyone interested.
http://www.pa2a.org/wiki.php?wid=23
I thought the UFA was 1995, but I was still in MD so I dunno.It was the mid 80s when they passed that piece of do-do.
I thought the UFA was 1995, but I was still in MD so I dunno.
Thanks for the info. I did always associate carry in a vehicle with concealed, but now I should know better. Regardless, since I have a permit (not a PA one), I should be fine carrying on the four wheeler, right? As long as when I step off it, I open carry the firearm.Except that nowhere in the statutes does it state that carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle requires a license to carry because it is considered concealed.
It is simply carry in a vehicle (and carry in also means carry on).
Somewhere, somehow, a long time ago, some made that up, and it stuck, and has been repeated as fact ad infinitum, yet the relevant statute makes no mention at all about open or concealed carry, it simply says "carries a firearm in any vehicle" and "carrying a firearm in any vehicle", but nothing about "because it is considered concealed".
The importance of leaving out the 'concealed' part is that too often folks are misled into believing they can then legally OC on a motorcycle without any license because it is not concealed, and BANG, instant M1 and loss of all firearms rights (if they are caught).
18 PA C.S. 6106 for anyone interested.
http://www.pa2a.org/wiki.php?wid=23
Thanks for the info. I did always associate carry in a vehicle with concealed, but now I should know better. Regardless, since I have a permit (not a PA one), I should be fine carrying on the four wheeler, right? As long as when I step off it, I open carry the firearm.