I am fully aware that what Ms. Hain may be doing in a public setting is legal. However in PA the soccer club may have the right to bar armed spectators from premises it controls if it passes a bylaw to that effect. Whether they did or not is a matter of law. Nonetheless, even if it is legal to carry openly at a children's soccer match, Ms. Hain just looks/acts like a head case. She has a concealed handgun license and chooses to walk around with a pistol on her hip?
Some people just like to cause trouble, and stir things up. She may very well have that right, but she seems to be pretty damned uncivil in today's world. These open carry advocates are going to get the same kind of response as the rabid anti abortionists carrying pictures of fetuses and demonstrating in front of homes belonging to suppliers of Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics.
Oh, they have the right to do it, but in a decent, polite society its just wrong to go out of your way to upset and annoy people.
There are MANY reasons to open carry. I do it EVERY time I carry.
1- It is a political statement, just like a bumper sticker that you put on the back of your car.
2- NOTHING will change with respect to firearms unless people are desensitized/get used to seeing firearms everywhere.
3- Exercising your rights is in NO way stirring up trouble. Anyone who would get angry at another person merely because they chose to use their rights, isn't a true American. Would you call someone invoking their right to an attorney "causing trouble" for not giving the cops what they want? How about someone standing on the sidewalk preaching?
Its the old saying, "I may not support what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it". In this case, I feel the same way.
4- An Unexercised Right is not a right.
Now, for physical reasons, in which I am most likely similar to the woman listed:
5- I weigh ~120lb, concealing a firearm is difficult for me.
6- I wear pants that fit, thus a firearm will not fit inside my pants.
7- Firearms IWB are much less comfortable than a good OWB holster.