If you think any number of delegates to the convention will be carrying rifles after being asked to carry only holstered handguns, you are not dealing in reality.
Will Kristina Pierson be packing?
So leave the long-gun at home and walk downtown, to the supermarket, to the movies, past a school, with an easilly seen holstered handgun and watch the reaction.
Tell me how much extra respect for your positions and thought process you generate, vs the openly displayed fear, disdain and panic... and 911 calls.
If somehow you think voters at home watching the convention on TV will be better impressed with attendees, delegates, spectators because they are “only” openly carrying handguns in pretty holsters, then I rest my case about the lack of common sense on this issue.