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Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 2024 ‘Open Carry in Mississippi.’ Guns in Public. San Francisco, CA: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 20 April

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Open Carrying in Mississippi

Mississippi permits the open carrying of handguns on the person without a permit or license.

Mississippi allows for the open carrying of long guns in public without a permit or license.

Nonetheless, Mississippi prohibits any person who has or is carrying a deadly weapon from exhibiting the weapon in a rude, angry, or threatening manner in the presence of three or more persons. A person who is found guilty is subject either to a $500 fine, three months in county jail, or both. The state need not prove that the gun or weapon was charged, loaded, or in condition to be discharged for prosecution under this statute…

[Editor's note: The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence regularly updates its webpages with new data as US gun regulation evolves state by state. For the most up-to-date information on US gun laws, please refer to the Giffords URL below]

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