Your house, your rules. That said, I don't have a problem with tradesmen being armed. On occasions where I've noticed, I've just asked "what are you packing?" in a friendly manner and it has always just resulted in having a nice pistol chat....pistol preferences, calibers, holsters, where do you shoot, et cetera.
I do make sure to make the area of the house that workers will be in as discreet as possible, valuables-wise.
I have a couple friends in the housing trades and, if they can't do the work personally, I ask them who they would recommend...both from a competence and a trustworthiness standpoint.
Rosco
Interesting that only firearms are seen as dangerous. Ok, great, John Doe carpenter left his Glock in the van, because he was being respectful of the silly no guns sign on your front door. Glad he doesn't have a screwdriver, wrench, pliers, pipe, hammer, saw, pry bar, paint scraper, carpet knife, drill, circular saw.......
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I got to stop typing snarky responses to things.....
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For me, it is situational. Guy is pocket carrying or IWB/OWB concealed behind the hip, no concern as I know I can easily outdraw him. Appendix and especially if he wears his pants a size or two large like Gabe, I am sweating.
Only half kidding.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
I'm a contractor, and while I don't usually carry while I'm doing physical work, I've been armed in dozens of customers homes measuring for estimates and quotes. But AFAIK nobody ever knew. And in 25 years nobody has ever once brought it up.
You don't know your tradesmen? Well they don't know you either. They carry for the same reason you do.