I have taught thousands of people how to safely operate firearms.  I have thus listened to hundreds tell their personal stories of being at the mercy of a criminal when regulations forced them to be unarmed.  The elected officials and public servants in executive offices need to be able to protect themselves as they go to, work, and return home.  To ban them from carrying is to suggest that they cannot be trusted.  Furthermore, a ban would suggest that the Commonwealths executives do not trust the citizens that they serve.  The right to keep and bear arms is not only a National right, but also inherent in a democratic republic's trust of the citizens that it represents and serves.