That's how it started, and while I carry, it started long before that. I think I started getting swabbed when I was 16 or so. Full strip search didn't start until I was 21 I think.
This is entirely domestic flights in the US, and I wish I could say it was one of those obvious things. Well before I owned firearms, had my ccl, multi generational US citizen, I haven't left the country, I've paid my taxes XD Been pulled over once for speeding my whole life.