I love the moment when you pause and you ' re like Wait ! I did something awesome ! FOR GLORY ! !<| sep |> A person carrying a gun on their hip is not the kind of person who is going to engage in a violent actOn the contrary , by carrying a lethal weapon in plain sight you are telling everyone around you that you are capable and willing of committing a violent act . Now , you can argue that a person who open carries isn ' t going to wantonly commit a violent act , and would only resort to violence in response to someone else ' s violence . But that assumption could be just as way off as mine . So yeah , I ' m going to give that person a wide berth . As for caring what other people do , look , you asked me why I would leave if I saw that . I answered . I never said anything about asking the person to stop , making it illegal , etc . I never asked for laws to protect my comfort . All I said is that I ' d leave . That ' s it . You want to open carry ? Go for it . Your rights aren ' t being taken away by me removing myself from the area . Relax .