open-carry

English

Verb

open-carry (third-person singular simple present open-carries, present participle open-carrying, simple past and past participle open-carried)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To visibly carry a firearm in a public space.
   • 2012 July 31, Mike_Fontenot, “Re: So Much For CC Permits”, in rec.guns‎^[1] (Usenet):

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

   • 2019 April 18, Thomas Harper, Incarnate: Essence, Thomas Harper, →ISBN, page 115:

     Everyone in the crowd conspicuously open carried a weapon, making sure to let everyone around them know that they were packing.