American Samoa

A single secondary source (Wikipedia) states American Samoa bans civilian handgun possession entirely (only shotguns and .22 rifles are permitted, with concealed carry of those also illegal), which makes handgun open carry categorically impossible there regardless of manner of carry. I could not independently confirm via an official American Samoa government source this session. Given the severity/unusualness of a total handgun ban, this should be independently verified, but logically 'no handguns allowed' does support answering 'no' to 'is open carry of a handgun legal' rather than a soft 'unclear.'

I could not find a reliable, specific primary or secondary source on American Samoa's firearms/concealed-carry law as it relates to places of worship; local law and any licensing regime are thinly documented online. Marked unclear rather than guessed.

American Samoa has an extremely thin publicly available firearms-law record; no source (primary or secondary) addressing carry in restaurants/bars serving alcohol was found. This is an expected outcome given the territory's limited online legal infrastructure.

American Samoa is reported to have 'a very stringent and restrictive licensing process' for firearm purchase, but I could not find or confirm primary sourcing on its carry-license regime (if any) or on any vessel/waterway-specific rule within this research.

American Samoa issues no permit or license to carry firearms to civilians at all (licenses that exist are only for POSSESSING certain shotguns/.22 rifles, and the territory's own summary states plainly 'No carry allowed in American Samoa'), so there is no CCW-permit-holder class in the first place. Independently, A.S.C.A. §46.4203(a)(8) makes it a crime to carry a weapon 'into any building owned or occupied by any agency of the federal government, territorial government, or political subdivision of them,' with exceptions only for peace officers, prison/detention staff, and on-duty military — covering a courthouse, DMV-equivalent office, and any other government building alike.

Secondary (Wikipedia-level, not primary-source-verified) information indicates concealed carry is illegal in American Samoa (open carry with a weapons license only), which would make the underlying premise of this question inapplicable — but I could not locate or verify the primary American Samoa Code provision (cited generally as § 46.4203) this session, so this is flagged unclear rather than presented as confirmed.

No reliable, specific source was found addressing American Samoa's rule (if any) for concealed-carry-permit holders in private businesses open to the public. American Samoa's territorial/constitutional status is also unusual, further undermining confidence in any general assumption. Reporting unclear rather than guessing.

American Samoa bans concealed carry outright territory-wide (A.S. Code Ann. 46.4203 makes it a Class D felony to carry any weapon concealed; no concealed-carry permits are issued), which makes the specific private-property consent question largely moot for concealed carry. Open carry is allowed only with a license issued for a stated 'genuine reason.' I could not find any source addressing whether a private (non-public) property owner's express permission is separately required for a licensed open carrier, so I cannot give a reliable state-specific answer to this narrow question.

Per Wikipedia's 'Gun laws in American Samoa,' concealed carry is reported as illegal in the territory, which would make the underlying question moot — but American Samoa's constitutional relationship to the mainland US is unusual (unincorporated and unorganized territory with disputed Second Amendment incorporation), and this rests on a single secondary source I could not corroborate with American Samoa's own code or any court decision. Not confident enough to report as a settled 'no.'

Concealed carry is explicitly illegal in American Samoa. Open carry requires a local 'License to Possess,' but since 1991 those licenses have been restricted to shotguns and rimfire rifles only — handguns are effectively no longer being newly licensed, and self-defense is explicitly NOT accepted as a valid reason for a license (only things like plantation protection or hunting are). A mainland CCW permit holder has essentially no lawful way to carry a handgun, concealed or open, in American Samoa.

Available secondary sourcing (Wikipedia only — I could not reach an official American Samoa government source) states concealed carry is illegal in American Samoa outright, with open carry limited to shotguns/rimfire rifles under a License to Possess. If accurate, the hospital-specific question would be moot since there's no lawful concealed-carry mechanism to begin with — but since this rests on a single tertiary source with no statutory citation, I'm not confirming it as fact here.

American Samoa reportedly prohibits concealed carry entirely and issues only a narrow 'License to Possess' for shotguns/rimfire rifles (self-defense is not recognized as a valid basis), per a general secondary summary. I could not reach any American Samoa government or primary legal source (territory has very limited online legal publication) to confirm this or address vehicle/rest-area carry specifically. Genuinely unclear, and likely a poor fit for CaliberBase's assumption that a 'concealed-carry permit' pathway exists there at all.

No reliable, specific source found on American Samoa's concealed carry duty-to-inform rules (if any); this territory's firearms law is not well documented in fetchable online sources. Genuine research gap.

American Samoa prohibits civilian concealed carry outright — "All civilian carry of firearms is illegal in American Samoa. No carry permits are issued... Knowingly carrying concealed... is a Class D felony" (ASCA § 46.4203), with narrow exemptions only for peace officers, corrections personnel, and military on official duty. Handguns are effectively banned territory-wide.

American Samoa bans ALL civilian concealed carry outright — knowingly carrying a concealed firearm or other lethal weapon is a Class D felony under Am. Samoa Code Ann. §46.4203(a)(1), with exceptions only for peace officers, prison/jail personnel, and on-duty armed forces members. American Samoa issues firearm POSSESSION licenses (§46.4221) but does not issue carry permits of any kind to civilians. Since there is no permit that could ever satisfy the federal school-zone licensing exception, and carrying is independently illegal territory-wide regardless of proximity to a school, the answer to whether a permit qualifies for the federal exception is a firm no — there is no such permit to qualify.

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory where the extent to which the Second Amendment itself applies is legally unsettled (incorporation-doctrine litigation is ongoing/unresolved). No reliable source on a private-property firearms-signage rule was found. Marked unclear.

American Samoa reportedly bans concealed carry outright (only open carry is licensable, and only for 'plantation protection and hunting,' not self-defense), administered centrally by the AS Dept. of Public Safety; village mayors/county chiefs/local police participate only by providing required character affidavits, not by setting independent restrictions. Because concealed carry is not lawful there at all, the preemption question is largely moot, and this is based on thin secondary-source (Wikipedia) information only — no territorial code citation was independently confirmed this session.

American Samoa does not issue permits for concealed carry and concealed carry itself is illegal there (only open carry is available, and only with a weapons license, per a stringent 'genuine reason' licensing process; American Samoa does not issue any carry permits to non-residents). Because the premise of a 'concealed-carry permit holder' does not exist under American Samoan law, such carry — at a polling place or anywhere else — is not legally possible.

No magazine capacity restriction found in American Samoa law. Separately, American Samoa bans nearly all handguns and centerfire firearms for civilians outright (only certain shotgun gauges — 12, 16, 20, .410 — are permitted), which limits the practical relevance of a magazine-capacity question there, but no specific round-count magazine law was found.

No extreme risk protection order/red flag statute found for American Samoa; absent from all national ERPO trackers checked, and its gun-law overview contains no risk-based removal provision.

American Samoa has the most restrictive civilian firearms regime of this group. Handguns and semi-automatic rifles are effectively banned for civilians outright; civilians may only be licensed for specific shotguns or .22-caliber rifles, requiring a demonstrated 'genuine need' (self-defense does not qualify). Multiple secondary sources agree explosive weapons, machine guns, gas guns, short-barreled rifles/shotguns, and silencers are ALL prohibited outright, with no apparent path to lawful civilian possession even after completing the federal NFA process. No NFA dealer, gun-trust firm, or FFL/SOT directory found lists American Samoa as serviceable — no functioning FFL/SOT infrastructure appears to exist there for NFA transfers.

Could not find or confirm a reliable primary or secondary source addressing American Samoa's duty-to-retreat rule despite search this session. Genuinely unresolved — do not infer a rule for this jurisdiction without further research.

Am. Samoa Code Ann. §§ 46.4203, 46.4221, 46.4229: a weapons license (requiring police vetting, a demonstrated 'genuine need,' and signed character affidavits) is required to possess a firearm, and 'the police must approve any transfer of a firearm between persons,' which by its terms covers private transfers. This operates inside an unusually restrictive overall regime: civilian firearms are limited to shotguns (12/16/20/.410 gauge) and .22 rimfire rifles, with handguns and semi-automatic/automatic firearms barred outright, so the 'background check on private sales' framing applies within a much narrower category of legal firearms than in the states. Caveat: sourced from Wikipedia's summary of the American Samoa Code; the primary ASCA text and the ATF's compiled American Samoa document could not be accessed directly during this research (403 errors), so section-level statutory language was not independently verified.