With Open Carry, I can see the elderly... the physically weak... or someone carrying their weapon in a sloppy manner being targeted by a bad guy for their weapon... but a reasonably healthy person with a sense of awareness about their surroundings shouldn't be any more of a target than a openly armed plain clothes LEO, security guard or PI. You very rarely read stories about them having been selected as 'targets'.
My only concern about open carry will be that a few of the anti gunners & A-holes will make false claims that someone threatened them with their weapon. Even with open carry it would still be possible to make a claim of 'Brandishing'. Someone open carrying gets into a verbal arguement and unthinking starts resting their hand near their weapon... that could be percieved as a threat... that you were making sure the other person saw your weapon for intimidation purposes.
People who open carry will need to learn to hook the thumb of their strong side hand into their belt well in front of their weapon, in the lip of their front pants pocket... or else cross their arms. What ever they do, they just need to keep their hand away from their weapon. Same thing for when talking with the police.
My only concern about open carry will be that a few of the anti gunners & A-holes will make false claims that someone threatened them with their weapon. Even with open carry it would still be possible to make a claim of 'Brandishing'. Someone open carrying gets into a verbal arguement and unthinking starts resting their hand near their weapon... that could be percieved as a threat... that you were making sure the other person saw your weapon for intimidation purposes.
People who open carry will need to learn to hook the thumb of their strong side hand into their belt well in front of their weapon, in the lip of their front pants pocket... or else cross their arms. What ever they do, they just need to keep their hand away from their weapon. Same thing for when talking with the police.