Open-carry

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To visibly carry a firearm in a public space. intransitive, transitive

    "The police said that his gun was "plainly visible", and they seemed to imply that he was open-carrying."

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"The police said that his gun was "plainly visible", and they seemed to imply that he was open-carrying."

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