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How to handle it
There's a suggestion out there of how to handle it when some of those 'open carry' types bring their assault rifles into the restaurant where you're trying to have dinner. Not knowing whether they are 'good guys with guns' or 'bad guys with guns,' just don't engage, simply get up and leave. It just doesn't pay to pretend that some of them aren't hoping for an excuse to demonstrate the effectiveness of their weapons, and sticking around to find out would be, at the very least, a waste of time that could be more productively spent elsewhere.
Good advice. And the same tactic works with some discussion threads.