Openly Carrying Guns Can Be Unwise, Even When It’s Legal
What is socially acceptable and what is not constantly changes. As of this time OC is not socially acceptable. But that can and is changing.
A women wearing pants was not acceptable,but now it is. Being gay was not acceptable but now it is. The way gays got acceptance was by challenging our bigotry. The same as OC is challenging bigotry.
Your contention that states will change their laws to outlaw OC is suspect. I doubt that VA will do that and VCDL has been very strong in pushing gun rights. They have strengthened preemption and have been successful in getting localities fro banning guns in violating of state law. Politically there is little chance of VA outlawing OC.
I believe that in other states the gun rights community will be as successful in defeating any effort to ban OC.
Banning gun carry will only work when the gun rights community is scared and quiet. That is not the case at this time. Idaho, AZ WY, VA, PA, WVA, DE, are states that the default is OC. I don’t think that any effort to ban OC will succeed.
Do not take counsel of your fears but rather celebrate that we can OC by supporting it rather than denigrating it. As others have said it is more important that OC be done while well dressed and looking normal.
Texas will probably allow OC soon as well as FL.
I hope that OC becomes fairly common, though it will never become the majority because many will not want to be inconvienced and carry a gun.
