When you consider that "armed federal agent" includes IRS, EPA, CPS, TSA, DHS, DoJ, DHHS and many, many more who walk around armed but with little actual training and an attitude - this isn't all that surprising.
An individual like you and me who pay good $$ for the weapons we carry every day are less likely to leave them somewhere (bathroom stall, unlocked in a vehicle) to get stolen than some alphabet soup yahoo who had it issued to them.
Reading "armed federal agent" people think, "FBI" or somesuch... but 'taint necessarily so in today's world.
They're all armed and stupid.
Yes I have a feeling you are right. Most of them ARE stupid. What a hazardous operation. Armed and stupid. At least being in prisons for more than 25 years, we had gun safety pounded into our heads every day. You are right. I am not about to leave my weapon in some rest room somewhere. I can see where these federal idiots might.