Think about it, this “in the minds” thing is that normalcy bias I mentioned earlier. It isn’t “normal”... Normal being defined as that which everyone does.
It isn’t wrong what he is doing. It isn’t harming anyone or their property. He is within his Rights.
Ergo, any BIAS you have against him and his actions is only in your head. By perpetuating this bias, you are only helping the gun grabbers and not helping to change that bias at all.
Of course there’s nothing wrong, and if I saw this in my neighborhood, I probably wouldn’t pay any attention, other than telling my wife to come look at this jerk. I see a number of people open-carrying, thanks to living in VA, but not a long gun, with clips and a knife. I think that is unnecessary attention mongering. Besides, it’s just plain difficult to go along with your daily life carrying a long gun. Lucas McCain is about the only one that used to carry a long gun around.
and yes, bias is in a persons head, that’s how it works. I do not like open-carry for myself and I think that it draws negative attention to gun owners. If someone wants to carry that bad, I think they should carry concealed. I am not helping gun-grabbers...that’s in your head