What in the constitution gives a right to carry concealed?
<p>I understand the legal framework of right-to-carry as framed in the 2nd amendment.  What grants the right to carry concealed?  Why can't laws be made which make people carry their weapon in a visible location?</p>

<p>Numerous states require a permit to carry a concealed weapon, and no state categorically forbid carrying of concealed weapons. Historically (19th century), concealed carry was forbidden in some states, and was upheld e.g. in <a href="https://guncite.com/court/state/107se222.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">North Carolina v. Kerner</a>, 181 N.C. 574. However, the right to carry a concealed weapon flows from the 2nd Amendment. If it is legal to carry a weapon, it is legal to carry a concealed weapon unless a legislature (or constitution) expressly forbids it. In North Carolina a law was passed which forbade carrying concealed firearms (as was expressly allows by the state Constitution), and this law was upheld.</p>
<p>A state could pass a law generally forbidding concealed carry (as has been done); or requiring a permit to carry a concealed weapon (as is the case in some states).</p>

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