What is the def of locked case? thought it had to be hard!?
There doesn't appear to be any hard and fast rule. If there was I would think that GOAL or someone else would have published it and it'd be a sticky here somewhere. "Secure Container" will always be a debateable subject... To me, it's just about any container with a lock that probably can't be opened without tools of some kind.
FWIW I've never heard of anyone getting prosecuted for having a gun in a locked soft or locked hardcase.
On the other hand, a locked container could be a nullity if you have a soft rifle case, say, that has a big hole in the side of it but is still locked...
course at this point we're doing the whole "what if" game.
The law says "“secured in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock or other safety
device" but what the hell exactly does that MEAN?
To a locksmith, "tamper resistant" is a TL-30 plate safe.... to joe consumer, it might be DOSKCIL cheapo rifle case with a couple of chinese padlocks on it, or a padded rifle case with a lock on the zippers.
-Mike