Pennsylvania generally allows the open carrying of firearms without a license. However, in Philadelphia (the only “city of the first class”),¹ a license is required to openly carry a firearm.²

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1. 53 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 101.[↩]
2. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 6108-6109.[↩]