I have quite a few guns, mostly rifles and shotguns for hunting, some pistols and fun plinking guns. I have had a chl for 15 years and carried probably 15 times in my life while not on a ranch. I don't like open carry at all, but have only seen it a couple of times outside of hunting (one guy on loop 820 in a crotch rocket doing stunts on his bike no less).
Someone asked before about crime prevention and who knows. I can offer one one experience in my life. I was in a "mass shooting" meaning I was within 50 feet of the shooter separated by a single wall. Someone in that room with me was shot as were others, some died. A good samaritan with a chl engaged the shooter and altered the course of the event. More people would have died had that not happened, maybe me? I don't think so but others definitely are alive today because of that person's actions.