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=Open carry around the world=

=Open carry around the world=

There are millions of privately owned guns, in the majority of countries (see: [[List of countries by gun ownership]], for details), but national and local gun laws vary widely. In some countries, open carry has a long-standing tradition, is legal, and is still a commonplace sight in rural areas, as part of "strong hunting traditions." But elsewhere, such as in most of Europe except Finland and Switzerland, laws have been enacted to require registration of firearms.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-killing-fields-europes-hunting-season-begins-861133.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042900133.html</ref> Social stigma<ref>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112417623/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0</ref><ref>http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15693719M</ref> is also a factor in Europe, where gun owners are often distrusted by both government leaders and fellow citizens.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/world/europe/29iht-29union.4.8530991.html?_r=1</ref><ref>http://lawreview.wustl.edu/inprint/75-3/753-4.html,</ref><ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492612/Your-guns-violent-Remembrance-Day-mayor-tells-rifle-regiment.html</ref> Tens of millions of guns are held privately and kept hidden in defiance of registration laws in Europe, with many of them dating back to World War II.<ref>http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sas/publications/year_b_pdf/2003/2003SASCh2_full_en.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/31/finland-shooting-gun-laws</ref> But, obviously, those cannot be carried publicly or taken to a public shooting range.<ref>http://www.examner.com/x-536-Civil-Liberties-Examiner~y2008m12d22-Gun-laws-and-crime-rates-dont-always-mix-the-way-you-expect</ref><ref>http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100014_16/08/2005_59656</ref>

There are millions of privately owned guns, in the majority of countries (see: [[List of countries by gun ownership]], for details), but national and local gun laws vary widely. In some countries, open carry has a long-standing tradition, is legal, and is still a commonplace sight in rural areas, as part of "strong hunting traditions." But elsewhere, such as in most of Europe except Finland and Switzerland, laws have been enacted to require registration of firearms.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-killing-fields-europes-hunting-season-begins-861133.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042900133.html</ref> Social stigma<ref>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112417623/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0</ref><ref>http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15693719M</ref> is also a factor in Europe, where gun owners are often distrusted by both government leaders and fellow citizens.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/world/europe/29iht-29union.4.8530991.html?_r=1</ref><ref>http://lawreview.wustl.edu/inprint/75-3/753-4.html,</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492612/Your-guns-violent-Remembrance-Day-mayor-tells-rifle-regiment.html</ref> Tens of millions of guns are held privately and kept hidden in defiance of registration laws in Europe, with many of them dating back to World War II.<ref>http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sas/publications/year_b_pdf/2003/2003SASCh2_full_en.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/31/finland-shooting-gun-laws</ref> But, obviously, those cannot be carried publicly or taken to a public shooting range.<ref>http://www.examner.com/x-536-Civil-Liberties-Examiner~y2008m12d22-Gun-laws-and-crime-rates-dont-always-mix-the-way-you-expect</ref><ref>http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100014_16/08/2005_59656</ref>

 

 

In some countries, firearms laws are consciously and even contemptuously ignored by the citizenry, who see the right to own and carry firearms as a traditional right that pre-dates the advent of government.<ref>http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/artic/gdn30.htm</ref> The latter is typified in the Philippines<ref>http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/views-and-analysis/07/16/09/guns-galore-miriam-coronel-ferrer</ref> and in Yemen,<ref name="arabinsight.org">http://www.arabinsight.org/aiarticles/182.pdf</ref> where there are millions of unregistered firearms, and where provincial law enforcement officers often make no attempt to enforce national firearms laws, with many considering the laws intrusive and dictatorial.<ref>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN480485.htm</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/08/05/Gun-ban-in-Yemen-ineffective/UPI-13171249492827/ "Gun ban in Yemen ineffective" UPI online edition]</ref>

In some countries, firearms laws are consciously and even contemptuously ignored by the citizenry, who see the right to own and carry firearms as a traditional right that pre-dates the advent of government.<ref>http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/artic/gdn30.htm</ref> The latter is typified in the Philippines<ref>http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/views-and-analysis/07/16/09/guns-galore-miriam-coronel-ferrer</ref> and in Yemen,<ref name="arabinsight.org">http://www.arabinsight.org/aiarticles/182.pdf</ref> where there are millions of unregistered firearms, and where provincial law enforcement officers often make no attempt to enforce national firearms laws, with many considering the laws intrusive and dictatorial.<ref>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN480485.htm</ref><ref>[https://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/08/05/Gun-ban-in-Yemen-ineffective/UPI-13171249492827/ "Gun ban in Yemen ineffective" UPI online edition]</ref>

 

 

== Open carry in Africa ==

== Open carry in Africa ==