You might note that none of the long gun open carry events resulted in a panic. Nobody panicked in Target. Nobody panicked in Sonic. Or Chilis. Or Kroger. Or Starbucks.
The only people panicking here are the gun butters.
I didn't see this before, sorry.
While it didn't cause panic, it did get a crap ton of negative media attention.
The media is, and always will, get more viewers then us. So the idea is to stay low key. Local activism to sway minds, so when mainstream tries, they know better.