The Gentle Giant openly attacked an armed LEO because he had just committed a robbery and he knew he was going to be busted by the cop. His only salvation was to overcome the cop and hopefully get away.......I know, totally irrational thinking but it is what it is.
An openly carrying individual on the other hand is unlikely to become a target because the last thing an assailant preying on an innocent citizen wants is resistance......And an openly carrying individual is likely to provide the very resistance, either with the weapon or other means, that the assailant does not wish to encounter.
I agree that the sum bags are not looking for a fight of any kind with a person open carrying, and I agree that they are unlikely to become a target.............unless the aggressor has pre planned a cheap shot/pearl harbor job from behind that is designed specifically to knock out the victim and steal his exposed weapon. Among the different, weapons I use for concealed carry, the ones in .45acp anyway, are 3 very expensive, (Well to me they are expensive, but my life is worth it as they say), and 100% reliable/dependable custom jobs that I sure as heck would not want some dirtball to sneak up on me and conk me over the head from behind and run off with one of those weapons of mine because he saw it open on my belt and took the opportunity and couldn’t resist the temptation to steal a high dollar handgun. (Even with observing situational awareness at all times, a blind side attack can still happen.) Different strokes for different folks/each to his own applies again!