Open Carry is, by nature, both defensive and a very strong deterrent to the majority of criminals. As one responder to that article wrote, paraphrased, "Criminals are not ninjas; they look for soft targets."
It has been my experience open carrying that the "gangsta wannabe" types decide they have urgent business elsewhere as soon as they see that a) I am armed and b) that I am not walking along with my head in the clouds, but am alert to what and who is around me.
Concealed Carry is, by nature, both offensive and lacking in deterrent value if the weapon is properly concealed. There are situations and circumstances where concealed may be a better choice, mostly because of the sensitivities of others. Church services, in most instances, are one of those situations where concealed carry is better to avoid distracting others from the services. That, to me, is just common courtesy.
I had a similar conversation with a noted "firearms instructor" who could only reply by belittling me and not addressing what I actually said. This seems to be a common thread, not with concealed carriers, but with some of those who make large sums of money from teaching permit courses or other courses connected to concealed carry.
