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Yes, it does.
The essence of 2A is self-defense against predation small, medium or large, the petty thug, local gangs, government agents...
"Arms", "keep" and "bear" are terms of art that predate 2A by several hundred years in literature and law related to the personal and human right to effective self-defense. The earliest laws related to, in some cases, members of a particular religion who could keep and bear arms against individual harassment by members of other religions. The analog to concealed carry in current times is something only an ideologue could not recognize, but I do have hard feelings in the matter.
If you have an unrestricted right as an individual to effective self-defense, you must have the right to transport that means to whatever place you may need it, broadly brushed. Since no amount of written law can determine where this might be, concealed carry about anywhere is, or should be, considered a basic premise in light of 2A.
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