[Ron Wood]

As I understand it, in Arizona you are allowed to carry a handgun exposed (shades of the Old West). However, I would be very selective where I carried it. Hospitals and drug stores where controlled substances are kept, and banks tend to get a little uneasy when someone with a gun on their hip enters the premises. Walking down the street in Scottsdale packing a shootin' iron also might cause the local constabulary to delay your stroll. Little old country bars probably couldn't care less, but in a urban night club might get you an unfavorable encounter with the bouncer.