From the beginning, this vandalism and arson incident has seemed… odd.
Open carry supporters are sometimes acerbic, and sometimes get arrested in incidents of civil disobedience, but with one notable exception, they are typically monotonously law-abiding.
Actually, living here in NH, open carry is no big deal – if you can own a firearm, you can open carry. Concealed carry does require permission from The State in the form of a Pistol / Revolver license. This is, however, a “shall issue” state unless the local constabulary gets a hair across and trying to make a political point or a personal fit of pique. But all in all, those of us who do have such a license are, here or in other states, as a group far more lawful than the general public
(H/T: Bearing Arms)