In most States there is no right to bear arms. It is a privilege granted by some government agency within the State in which you live.
I hate to rain on your parade, but you are blatantly wrong in your assumptions.
It is easier to list the States that have no provision for RKBA: Maryland; Minnesota; New Jersey; and New York. Source:
http://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/beararms/statecon.htm
Contrary to what you stated, above, 46 States have a RKBA provision in their Constitutions (regardless of how it is exercised or abridged).
kwikrnu said:
In all States you must pay a fee and apply if you want this permit. It isn't a right if you have to apply for it, qualify for it, and pay for it.
Again, you are just plain wrong.
14 States allow for unlicensed open carry, with complete State preemption, while 14 other States allow for unlicensed open carry, without State preemption. That's 28 States where licenses, and of course payment, are not required.
Additionally, 2 States do not require any permit for any form of carry, and some few other States do not require a license for concealed carry, outside of city/township/village limits.
The problem is that the Federal Government doesn't recognize the second Amendment.
See
Heller, then watch the dance after
McDonald. You may think it (incorporation) silly, but that's been the way the law has worked for almost 100 years now.
One of the dances you will see is that of carry itself. If a State requires a license for concealed carry, then it will have to allow unlicensed open carry. You know, the "Bear" part of Keep and Bear.
With
Heller, rational basis judicial review is off the table. Requiring a license to bear, in any manner (open or concealed) will not pass intermediate scrutiny, let alone strict judicial scrutiny.
We didn't lose our right overnight. We will not gain it back overnight, either. If anything, it will be harder to regain what was lost than to retain what we now have.
kwikrnu said:
It is my business to know if you are permitted ...
No, it is not. Permits or licenses are (generally) between the licensor and the licensee. Not everything between a government and a private citizen should be open to public scrutiny.
The bare fact that you think it should be, shows how far down the road we've come as busybodies.