“When you walk into a 7-11 you don’t want someone to see your weapon, give you the once over to assess you as a possible threat.”
And why not? It would likely prevent a crime:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2467006/posts
I have carried openly and concealed for twenty years, more openly for the last decade, and never had the problem that you are suggesting.
Open carry gives you deterrence, concealed carry gives you the element of surprise once you have been chosen as a victim. They both have advantages and disadvantages.
There are a couple of states where a CCW is easy to get but if you want to carry openly you have to pay extra. And then there's the opposite, there are states where you have to pay extra to carry concealed.
The sheer number of different state license laws is proof that gun laws are primarily revenue sources.
i havnt OCd much in the past [need a good rig], but have seen a few over the years...never once has there been any commotion surroundin them, no matter what they ‘looked like’... besides maybe the interest in what model their piece was...