Are you sure that 'common law definition' is the right term for that?
Check this out:
Quote:
6106.1. Carrying loaded weapons other
than firearms.
(a) General rule. Except as provided in Title
34 (relating to game), no person shall carry a
loaded pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle, other
than a firearm as defined in section 6102 (relating
to definitions), in any vehicle.
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And then the definition of loaded (from none other than 6102, where "firearm" means only pistol, SBS, SBR):
Quote:
"Loaded." A firearm is loaded if the firing
chamber, the nondetachable magazine or, in the
case of a revolver, any of the chambers of the
cylinder contain ammunition capable of being
fired. In the case of a firearm which utilizes a detachable
magazine, the term shall mean a magazine
suitable for use in said firearm which magazine
contains such ammunition and has been
inserted in the firearm or is in the same container
or, where the container has multiple compartments,
the same compartment thereof as the
firearm.
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Maybe we derive THAT definition from common law, or case law. It's not given to us (in 6106).
I only figured that "what" we can carry would be just as important as "where"...given that the what determines the where. Maybe it just needs to be tacked on there.