I will say this: I'm sitting in an FBO right now on a charter flight. In my bag is a handgun: a Sig P239 which frequently accompanies me. It's authorized by the certificate holder for whom I'm conducting this flight. I took this flight in the early morning hours, leaving from an uncontrolled location. Yesterday I arrived to take a flight from the same location, and stopped at a convenience store nearby to pick up a soda. The store had been the victim of an armed robbery shortly before I arrived.
When I arrived at the airport, the police were searching the area for a man armed with a shotgun who had completed a series of such robberies.
I would prefer to think I wouldn't encounter any problems, anyone hiding out at this airport location, anyone siphoning fuel in the early morning, anyone who'd just robbed a nearby store and was known to be in the area (and looking for a getaway)...but I know it's very possible. I nearly walked into such a situation just a day ago.
With this in mind, I'm dressed in a suit and tie and am not wearing my firearm. I was wearing it when I arrived at the airport this morning to pick up the airplane, however, and I was wearing it with the blessing of the owner...who carries a firearm as well. I don't anticipate any need for that firearm presently, sitting in the FBO. Accordingly, it's secured in my bag, and will be back on my belt when I drive home this evening.
Some may not like it, some may be pleased that one is exercising his second ammendment rights. I'm empowered to own and carry that weapon by several different sources and authorities, and I regularly exercise that privilege (and sometimes duty). It's a distraction or a concern to no one, save for those who might warrant it's being carried. Otherwise, it's out of sight, and for all but me, out of mind.
I've spent a lot of time abroad, traveling, working, flying, and doing other things. Other things which have increased my deep appreciation and grattitude to be in a location, state, and country where I have the right and privilege to enjoy the protection the firearm may grant me.