So what you're saying is that to your regret, Open Carry is legal. In your perfect world, it would not be.
I refuse to believe, as some here do, that people look at open carry in a negative light and cannot be swayed. Public opinion was against slavery once, too.
That you describe open carry as equivalent to driving around with a murdered child on your truck, or "rolling around in squashed grapefruit and chocolate sauce in a public park," means you're a lost cause. I'll focus on the Americans who see guns in a positive light, as a deterrence to crime.
I have not expressed an opinion on open carry.
All I've said is that if open carry advocates do not understand that open carry scares most people, then their thinking process needs a close evaluation.
One does not convince people by scareing them.
One other thing. If you advocate completely Open Carry, then you are defending the “rights” of a convicted child molester to follow your 8 year old daughter or granddaughter home from her school bus stop, with a pistol in his hand, as long as he stays on public property, such as a sidewalk, and there is NOTHING you can do about it.
Go for it.