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The Constitution specifically provides that American citizens have the right to arm themselves.

All of this phoney legislation around the 2nd Amendment should be adjudicated within the Constitution itself. But that is made very hard by design. So instead we’ve been harassed, cajoled and hoodwinked by “laws” at the Federal, State and municipal levels to the extent that in some jurisdictions even having a gun in your own home has been judged illegal.

Now it’s even taking place with regard to the First Amendment to the extent that being a Christian will eventually disqualify one from working within government at all.

Or will we be required then to take out special permits for that too?

There is a word for this. It is TYRANNY.

The right to openly carry is rarely questioned by a state constitution or legal code but concealed carry has been regulated since at least 1813.

The Kentucky state constitution provides an example of this when it says: That the rights of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned; but the General Assembly may pass laws to prevent persons from carrying concealed arms." Art. XIII, § 25.

Similarly, in louisiana, the state constitution states: The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged, but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person. Art. I, § 11 (enacted 1974).

In Colorado: The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons. Art. II, § 13 (enacted 1876, art. II, § 13).

The supreme court has ruled that States may enact reasonable restrictions including regulating the carrying of concealed weapons. The national reciprocity battle than revolves around ensuring that states that allow concealed carry permits honor concealed carry permits from other states in compliance with the full faith and credit clause, the same clause that makes your drivers lisence and marriage license legal in any of the fifty states.