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'''Open carry''' laws guarantee the right of citizens to openly carry a gun virtually anywhere, provided they have the right to own a gun.  Note that it may be necessary to obtain a permit first.

'''Open carry''' laws guarantee the right of citizens to openly carry a gun virtually anywhere, provided they have the right to own a gun.  Note that it may be necessary to obtain a permit first.

The vast majority of states in the [[United States]] have open-carry laws, only some of which require a special permit to do it.<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/map-where-is-open-carry-legal-1715/</ref>  Effective Jan. 1, 2016, Texas became the largest state to legalize open carry.

The vast majority of states in the [[United States]] have open-carry laws, only some of which require a special permit to do it.<ref>https://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/map-where-is-open-carry-legal-1715/</ref>  Effective Jan. 1, 2016, Texas became the largest state to legalize open carry.

=Open carry around the world=

=Open carry around the world=

== Open carry in Africa ==

== Open carry in Africa ==

The private ownership and open carry of small arms is commonly seen in a number of African countries including Burundi,<ref>https://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol15no4/154arms.htm,</ref> Chad,<ref>http://select.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/opinion/14kristof.html?_r=1</ref> the Democratic Republic of Congo,<ref>[http://www.examner.com/x-18149-SelfDefense-Examiner~y2009m8d16-An-African-villages-armed-self-defense-story "An African village’s armed self defense story" exainer.com]</ref><ref>http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/08/congo_on_the_trgen.html</ref> Eritrea,<ref>http://www.awate.com/portal/content/view/926/2/</ref> Ethiopia,<ref>http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35148&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=83faf38f19</ref> Kenya,<ref>http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/10361.html</ref><ref name="allafrica.com">http://allafrica.com/stories/200804250081.html</ref> Mali,<ref>https://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol15no4/154arms.htm</ref> Niger,<ref>http://www.the-diplomat.com/article.aspx?aeid=3608</ref> Rwanda,<ref>[http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/verbatim/16134/arms-transfers-and-trafficking-in-africa.html "Arms Transfers and Trafficking in Africa" www.defense-aerospace.com]</ref><ref>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Rwanda/Province-du-Sud/blog-274047.html</ref> Sierra Leone,<ref>http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/choices-choosing-development-over-guns-in-sierra-leone-2004-12.en;jsessionid=ax8XXhk63Co_?categoryID=349627&lang=en</ref> Somalia,<ref>http://huwu.org/webcast/pdfs/wc969.pdf</ref> South Africa,<ref>http://www.examner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m6d29-South-Africa-gun-owners-get-reprieve</ref> Sudan.,<ref>http://newledger.com/2009/07/the-guns-of-sudan/</ref><ref>http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/206/39700.html,</ref> Uganda,<ref name="web.africa.ufl.edu">http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v1/1/3.htm</ref><ref name="web.africa.ufl.edu"/> and Zambia.<ref>http://www.globalaging.org/armedconflict/countryreports/africa/war.htm</ref> In Somalia, boys as young as nine years old are seen carrying loaded guns.<ref>[http://www.thestar.com/article/168129 "Saving Somalia's youth from the gun" ''Toronto Star'' online edition]</ref> The reasons for the proliferation of arms vary, but often include self-defense, hunting, and protection of livestock.<ref>http://www.scribd.com/doc/4684113/The-Scramble-for-Cattle-Power-and-Guns-in-Karamoja</ref><ref>[http://www.tve.org/earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=1343 "Earth Report" Television for the Environment and Television Trust for the Environment Web site]</ref> In some African countries such as Kenya and Rwanda, owning and carrying guns is done in defiance of national laws.<ref name="allafrica.com"/>

The private ownership and open carry of small arms is commonly seen in a number of African countries including Burundi,<ref>https://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol15no4/154arms.htm,</ref> Chad,<ref>http://select.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/opinion/14kristof.html?_r=1</ref> the Democratic Republic of Congo,<ref>[http://www.examner.com/x-18149-SelfDefense-Examiner~y2009m8d16-An-African-villages-armed-self-defense-story "An African village’s armed self defense story" exainer.com]</ref><ref>https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/08/congo_on_the_trgen.html</ref> Eritrea,<ref>http://www.awate.com/portal/content/view/926/2/</ref> Ethiopia,<ref>http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35148&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=83faf38f19</ref> Kenya,<ref>http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/10361.html</ref><ref name="allafrica.com">http://allafrica.com/stories/200804250081.html</ref> Mali,<ref>https://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol15no4/154arms.htm</ref> Niger,<ref>http://www.the-diplomat.com/article.aspx?aeid=3608</ref> Rwanda,<ref>[http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/verbatim/16134/arms-transfers-and-trafficking-in-africa.html "Arms Transfers and Trafficking in Africa" www.defense-aerospace.com]</ref><ref>http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Rwanda/Province-du-Sud/blog-274047.html</ref> Sierra Leone,<ref>http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/choices-choosing-development-over-guns-in-sierra-leone-2004-12.en;jsessionid=ax8XXhk63Co_?categoryID=349627&lang=en</ref> Somalia,<ref>http://huwu.org/webcast/pdfs/wc969.pdf</ref> South Africa,<ref>http://www.examner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m6d29-South-Africa-gun-owners-get-reprieve</ref> Sudan.,<ref>http://newledger.com/2009/07/the-guns-of-sudan/</ref><ref>http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/206/39700.html,</ref> Uganda,<ref name="web.africa.ufl.edu">http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v1/1/3.htm</ref><ref name="web.africa.ufl.edu"/> and Zambia.<ref>http://www.globalaging.org/armedconflict/countryreports/africa/war.htm</ref> In Somalia, boys as young as nine years old are seen carrying loaded guns.<ref>[http://www.thestar.com/article/168129 "Saving Somalia's youth from the gun" ''Toronto Star'' online edition]</ref> The reasons for the proliferation of arms vary, but often include self-defense, hunting, and protection of livestock.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/doc/4684113/The-Scramble-for-Cattle-Power-and-Guns-in-Karamoja</ref><ref>[http://www.tve.org/earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=1343 "Earth Report" Television for the Environment and Television Trust for the Environment Web site]</ref> In some African countries such as Kenya and Rwanda, owning and carrying guns is done in defiance of national laws.<ref name="allafrica.com"/>

 

 

In some cases villagers carry small arms to protect themselves from marauding bands of soldiers,<ref>http://www.examner.com/x-18149-SelfDefense-Examiner~y2009m8d16-An-African-villages-armed-self-defense-story</ref> lions,<ref>http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1022089</ref> and even against genocide.<ref>http://www.frontline.org.za/books_videos/holocaust_rwanda.htm</ref><ref>http://www.davekopel.com/2a/foreign-gun-control.htm</ref>

In some cases villagers carry small arms to protect themselves from marauding bands of soldiers,<ref>http://www.examner.com/x-18149-SelfDefense-Examiner~y2009m8d16-An-African-villages-armed-self-defense-story</ref> lions,<ref>http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1022089</ref> and even against genocide.<ref>http://www.frontline.org.za/books_videos/holocaust_rwanda.htm</ref><ref>http://www.davekopel.com/2a/foreign-gun-control.htm</ref>

== Open carry in Asia ==

== Open carry in Asia ==

In Afghanistan weapon ownership is common<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/hamid-karzai-ashraf-ghani_n_253812.html</ref> some of the rural and border states and union territories of India,<ref>http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10342395.html</ref><ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/29gun.htm</ref><ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/villagers-pick-up-guns-for-a-road/28418/</ref> Iraq,<ref>http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/04/03/world/worldspecial/03guns.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print</ref> Israel,<ref>http://www.fmep.org/reports/archive/vol.-4/no.-3/israels-policy-of-arming-israeli-settlers-endangers-palestinians-in-the-territories</ref> Lebanon,<ref>http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=15503</ref> Pakistan<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0304/p06s01-wosc.html "Pakistani vigilantes take on Taliban" ''The Christian Science'' online edition]</ref><ref>http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1248187395098&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout</ref> (in flagrant disobedience to the "public display" ban enacted in 2000),<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/gun-ban-to-quell-violence-in-pakistan-721983.html</ref> Sri Lanka,<ref>http://sundaytimes.lk/080120/Columns/sitreport.html</ref> the predominantly Kurdish provinces of Turkey,<ref>http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/03/guns-in-turkish-kurdistan.html</ref> and Yemen.<ref name="arabinsight.org"/><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1775938.stm "Yemen's weapon culture" BBC News online edition]</ref> In Iraq, doctors may carry guns for self-protection.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26947184/ "Iraq says doctors can carry guns for protection" msnbc.com]</ref>

In Afghanistan weapon ownership is common<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/hamid-karzai-ashraf-ghani_n_253812.html</ref> some of the rural and border states and union territories of India,<ref>http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10342395.html</ref><ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/29gun.htm</ref><ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/villagers-pick-up-guns-for-a-road/28418/</ref> Iraq,<ref>http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/04/03/world/worldspecial/03guns.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print</ref> Israel,<ref>http://www.fmep.org/reports/archive/vol.-4/no.-3/israels-policy-of-arming-israeli-settlers-endangers-palestinians-in-the-territories</ref> Lebanon,<ref>http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=15503</ref> Pakistan<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0304/p06s01-wosc.html "Pakistani vigilantes take on Taliban" ''The Christian Science'' online edition]</ref><ref>http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1248187395098&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout</ref> (in flagrant disobedience to the "public display" ban enacted in 2000),<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/gun-ban-to-quell-violence-in-pakistan-721983.html</ref> Sri Lanka,<ref>http://sundaytimes.lk/080120/Columns/sitreport.html</ref> the predominantly Kurdish provinces of Turkey,<ref>http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/2009/03/guns-in-turkish-kurdistan.html</ref> and Yemen.<ref name="arabinsight.org"/><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1775938.stm "Yemen's weapon culture" BBC News online edition]</ref> In Iraq, doctors may carry guns for self-protection.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26947184/ "Iraq says doctors can carry guns for protection" msnbc.com]</ref>

 

 

== Open carry in Latin America ==

== Open carry in Latin America ==