I've personally open carried pretty often here in AZ over the past 9 years and have never had any bad experiences result.
There are a few jurisdictions in the US where OC is legal, but likely to land you in hot water, but AFAIK Kentucky isn't one of them. In my opinion those places are the ones that need some organized OC activism.
There are quite a few arguments against legal open carry, but I haven't heard one yet that I found convincing.
A bad guy will sneak up and grab your gun.
There's been one documented case of this happening, and I still have a few doubts about its veracity. If you OC, you should have some kind of retention holster, and you need to practice heightened situational awareness.
You will be the first one shot in a robbery.
This doesn't happen. The closest anyone can come to an example are police or armed guards being shot in robberies. Of course this isn't analogous to an openly armed civilian who happens to be on the scene. Robbers know where to expect police and guards and dealing with them is part of their plan. A Regular Joe that's open carrying, looks just like any other Regular Joe except that he's got a slightly different doohickey hanging on his belt. An openly carried gun usually doesn't have a flashing neon sign and air-horns to announce it's presence. It's easily overlooked by most people, but especially by a keyed up robber intent on getting his money and getting out.
You will lose the element of surprise.
True, but you will gain the element of deterrence. Most criminals are looking for easy targets. They don't want to risk being shot. A potential victim that's known to be armed is a poor target. I know I'd rather avoid a criminal confrontation altogether than surprise the criminal when I pull out my piece.
Soccer moms will freak out, call the police, and the SWAT team will tackle you and drag you off to jail.
This may be true somewhere, but most of the time the soccer mom won't even notice you. If the soccer mom does notice you, most of the time she won't freak out. If the soccer mom does freak out and call the police, most of the time they'll establish over the phone that you're not doing anything illegal and tell her not to bother them until you break the law. If the police do decide to check you out, most of the time they'll just visually establish that you're not doing anything illegal and leave you to get on with your business.
It's exceptionally rare that the police will make a sink about legal OC, and it's even rarer that they'll make a habit of it.
You've got to weigh for yourself the risks and benefits of open carry, but in my opinion the benefits are significant and logic and experience have shown the risk to be easily mitigated, grossly overstated, or imaginary.
