Unpopular opinion, if you're vehemently against open carry, you're why guns are such a taboo

Saw a post the other day with the title "Unpopular opinion, if you open carry you're looking for attention"

Are some people looking for attention? Sure. Those same people however will be wearing tacticool attire 24/7 and talk about it any chance they get.

Generally speaking, outside of a loud minority, people open carry because it's significantly more comfortable than concealed - and in some work environments, concealment can be quite the nuisance when compared to a much more free moving alternative. If I had the legal pathway to do so here, I'd love to get this shit outa my pants and just go about my day much more comfortably.

If somebody was to claim "if you conceal carry, you're looking for trouble", people would balk. But that's how it used to be. People would open carry unless they specifically had something to hide. And during those times, guns in general where a whole lot more socially normal and acceptable. Nobody would bat an eye at someone walking down the street. With parts of this country being so extremely opposed to open carry, firearms are no longer in the public eye and they've become a massive taboo. In some parts, because of how rare they are for the average person to see, so much as the mention of one will put some people in a state of near internalized panic. In the northeast especially, where 90% of these people will hit their 40s without ever seeing one outside of a movie theater or Call of Duty.

I can't help but think that if people didn't treat it as some sort of taboo and just went about their lives normally, without worrying about concealment, we wouldn't be in this situation today where it's now a boogyman to the average non-gun-owner. It's just a tool but it's treated like some medusa shit that you have to hide from every living soul.

And in regards to the "tactical advantage"... if more people were open carrying in these places where it's now rare (or in some places, now unfortunately illegal), that point would be moot. You say that you'll be first pick in the shopping mall, but even if the criminal paid close enough attention, what about the 17 guys around you doing the same?

Concealed carry absolutism has played a role in turning gun ownership into a taboo.

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Edit:
17 guys is an exaggeration for the sake of the conversation. To phrase it better...
In a mass casualty situation, odds that you're targeted specifically for being armed are lower than the mariana. In these types of events, the shooter is going in and looking to take as many as they can. They aren't going "oh I like his shoes I'll let him stay". Evaluating every single person in the room slows them down. You could argue 1 on 1, but for mass casualty, it's a long shot with how 99% of cases play out. You're just another target in the crowd. And if you're in their sights long enough to be evaluated, you're done anyhow.