In Az you can caru concealed without a permit. But they do have CCW permits available if you want to get one. The advantage of getting an Az CCW permit would be if you travel a lot through states who honor Reciprocity. But in turn, I don’t know if they still are or not, but Az CCW permits used to have a direct link to your driver’s license and the national motor vehicle database.
This was a huge problem when having your plate ran in another state with strict gun laws like Ca. You can just figure on being pulled over and searched a lot going through those states because your plate. driver’s license, and your CCW will all pop up together on their computer. And they ARE going to pull you over and see if you are packing.
The CCL also allows some conflicts between AZ law and Fed law to be resolved as there are Fed prohibitions that are not prohibitive in the case of a proper CCL.