If the laws are there, then you’re going to be identified, one way or another. I’ve been stopped before, without any ID on me, and all they do is get your name and birthday and where you live (like in town or in another city) and they’ll call it in and get the proper info from your ID on record.
SO ... you really don’t have to carry “papers” or “ID” when you’re out and about.
Don’t think we should burden the police beyond reason. It may be too time consuming to check out a person’s right to open-carry. So you are there, and he is there, when both of you ought to be about your business. in this instance, it ought to have been the manager who was doing all this stuff while waiting for the police.
So, at any time, I can or should expect an LEO to ask for my ID? Mmmm, OK, then. I will make sure to have it on my person at all times.