Interesting. I was surprised when the Coast Guard was doing a safety check on us (in open water) and asked if anybody on the boat was armed. I know that both of the passengers sometimes carry so I was surprised when they both said no. I asked the CR guys what if we said yes? He said no big deal but he would take control of the weapon during the inspection.
This was out at Kingston during the king fishery. They were stopping every boat they could to do the safety check so it didn't have anything to do with getting singled out or anything.
It's almost a year since that happened and I'm still not sure what I think about that. If a person has the right to have a gun why take it away? On the other hand you've got the safety of the CG person to think about.