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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.  "Open carry" is in contrast with "[[concealed carry]]," whereby the gun is concealed from view by others.

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 ==

Open carry of firearms is fairly common, and predominantly a practice of middle and upper class residents in the rural regions of many Central American and South American countries, primarily for self-defense. Doing so is legal in most Latin American jurisdictions, but laws on registration and vehicular carry vary widely. Open carry is rare in cities, where concealed carry is more commonplace. These countries include Brazil,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4368598.stm "Brazilians reject gun sales ban" BBC News online edition]</ref> Colombia,<ref>http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/rgerome/lang/en-us/blog/2009/07/01/spotlight-on-guns-in-colombia/</ref> Ecuador,<ref>http://www.newwest.net/city/article/when_clouds_clear/C8/L8/</ref> El Salvador,<ref>http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1109.html</ref> Guyana,<ref>http://guyana360.blogspot.com/2006/08/degeneration-of-guyanese-society.html</ref> Honduras,<ref>http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2007/02/guns-everywhere.html</ref> and Nicaragua.<ref>http://www.nicaliving.com/node/737</ref>

Open carry of firearms is fairly common, and predominantly a practice of middle and upper-class residents in the rural regions of many Central American and South American countries, primarily for self-defense. Doing so is legal in most Latin American jurisdictions, but laws on registration and vehicular carry vary widely. Open carry is rare in cities, where concealed carry is more commonplace. These countries include Brazil,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4368598.stm "Brazilians reject gun sales ban" BBC News online edition]</ref> Colombia,<ref>http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/rgerome/lang/en-us/blog/2009/07/01/spotlight-on-guns-in-colombia/</ref> Ecuador,<ref>http://www.newwest.net/city/article/when_clouds_clear/C8/L8/</ref> El Salvador,<ref>http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1109.html</ref> Guyana,<ref>http://guyana360.blogspot.com/2006/08/degeneration-of-guyanese-society.html</ref> Honduras,<ref>http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2007/02/guns-everywhere.html</ref> and Nicaragua.<ref>http://www.nicaliving.com/node/737</ref>

 

 

== Open carry in Oceania ==

== Open carry in Oceania ==

== References ==

== References ==

 

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