If your origin and destination are both in MD you do not have to lock up anything. Unloaded in an enclosed case or holster is legal if involved in one of the allowed activities.
Under FOPA, a vehicle with no trunk the firearm OR the ammunition must be in a locked container. Not both unless you want to.
I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and use a Gunvault travel safe to lock my firearm.
FOPA Title 18 USC SS 926A:
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Under FOPA, a vehicle with no trunk the firearm OR the ammunition must be in a locked container. Not both unless you want to.
I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and use a Gunvault travel safe to lock my firearm.
FOPA Title 18 USC SS 926A:
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm OR ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.
IANAL