Can the guy in the picture even see his iron sights over his rail?
Part of me says rights that are not utilized will soon be rights that are taken, but I also see how much of the U.S. would paint a broad brush picture of gun owners as fringe, hostile, and retaliatory. But that is their perception, I doubt the person in the picture has malice in his intentions of open carrying, but simply frustrated at the erosion of our liberties and using his constitutional right to show he still is a free man, personal judgement of right or wrong is in the eyes of the perceiver. But the fact of the matter is I'm sure he is within his rights to do so, so if others don't like it then they will inevitably try and change the law, which will cause a 2A fight to brew.
I for one am tired of people trying to erase history, I don't have much in the way of what the south is/was all about, but I can value that it is a part of our history and we can have a dialogue about the good and bad of the confederacy, just as there was no doubt good and bad in the union movement. I won't go any further in this last sentence as that is not what THR is about, but to bring it full circle to a 2A argument, rights that are not utilized will be rights that will be erased with history of our country the PC'ers deem a black eye, with no regard for the other side.
I didn't vote in the poll as I think it does both, hurts us in the eyes of those who have no desire for the 2A, helps in the aspect of utilizing and keeping our rights in the forefront. I can see it both ways.