open-carry
[oh-puh n-kar-ee]
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verb (used with or without object), o·pen-car·ried, o·pen-car·ry·ing.
to openly carry a gun or other weapon in public: He open-carried a pistol to his daughter’s school.
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Origin of open-carry
open carry
[oh-puh n kar-ee]
noun
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Contemporary Examples of open-carry
Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
Then there are the others who take the NRA official line to heart, the open-carry movement.
As she was anxiously awaiting her open-carry permit, she began shopping for a purse that would fit her weapon.