My assumption is that most countries have some mechanism through which the elites enable themselves to be lawfully armed, but I don't consider that to be "general carry for the people".
Preacherman's point about SA licenses for posession = license to carry strikes me as somehow....consistent. I AM NOT ARGUING for the validity of armament licensure, it offends me deeply.
In America, the respect for our RKBA often comes down to the lowest common denominator. That RKBA exists only as a nominal technicality in some jurisdictions is a point I've made in the past, but I've never explored the LCD angle before:
In America, just about the only place a People {unless disqualified by A,B,C,D,E} can be 100% assured of the right to be armed {with X,Y,Z approved armaments} is in their {own} home {DC residents are restricted to a single room}.
If one was determined to only go to places were all their Constitutionally enumerated rights are completely and fully in force, one would effectively place oneself under house (or room) arrest.