I laughed at the line where someone in this thread said that he or she did not go into a 'bad area' (Night or day?).
BAD things can happen to GOOD people.
BAD people can do bad things or attempt to do bad things to GOOD PEOPLE even in GOOD areas.
Good areas = good neighborhoods, middle and upper middle class places, SAFE (?!?), rural, farm/lake country, and/or small towns not just in SO CALLED safe suburbia. Heck, the WILDERNESS is not so safe anymore because of bad 2 legged criminals not just the 4 legged ones = bears or mountain lions! Hiking areas, you name it!
I think that a person should carry whatever ammunition that makes THEM feel prepared and or secure if they need another back up gun for ANY REASON whatsoever.
Heck! You even have criminals stealing farmers and ranchers fuel and fertilizer to make strong drugs OUT in the middle of nowhere. They have attacked and even killed farmers/ranchers.
Some old farm lady had a garage sale and was going from one rural house to another house. She never made it home... another state... her husband found her KILLED. Some so called SAFE rural-farm state too.
I lived in a very safe farm/lake part of the country... Great Lakes area... my late husband's home state. Two and a half miles from a small town where you would think that you were in Mayberry - the old boob tube show. They had break ins and so forth for awhile. They even had a house deliberately MESSED UP and not just ROBBED! Destroyed and spray painted INSIDE... a new house like ours too. This was from the early 1970's and on. ROBBED barns, equipment and houses out in the country, in another part of my county and an attempted break in to our house in broad daylight while we were at work in the 'city'. My female German Shepherd nailed the perp (Bloody tracks and trail, he fled out of our breezeway between our house and our garage - BOTH locked.) and later on he was caught trying to do the same thing in another part of the county. He got put away (JAIL.) and stuff from my breezeway plus his nasty BITE marks from MY GS dog was proof among other evidence!
That same year when my late husband was overseas... I had two men pull in my driveway at 1:15AM and turn off their lights right close up to my garage. NO one got in the house or garage. My GS dog alerted me, I was awake listening to the radio and in the den - first floor, I slept in the den when he was gone NOT on the second floor, I dialed the Operator (NO 911 back then.) and she connected me to the Sheriff's HQ, they both stayed ON the line with ME, I had my late husband's big old 357Magnum that I knew how to USE and would use, it was just me and my dog - we never had children, I was scared at first then plain angry... then calm. My dog was going NUTS barking/running to the door, I told the DESK man who I was and he knew of our name because some of the deputies/detectives went to school with my late husband, I told him that if one or two men tried to come through my door or cross my threshold to hurt my dog or ME... I would shoot in fear of my life. My teeth were literally chattering as if I was cold even though I went into a calm state. I was shaking some too... I got calm though... go figure! I got ANGRY - ticked off lady with big gun. Look out! After all, I had those no trespassing-private property signs which were IGNORED and these people did NOT just TURN around in my driveway which was on a very rural road OFF of another country road which was OFF of MORE country roads! I knew there were 2 men because I peeked out of the side west den window and there was a colonial lamp post by the brick, plus flood lights - later on we put on automatic ones too. Country living is pitch dark you know! I had big lights on each side of the front door by the sidelights on each side of the front door. I had light switches that I could even turn on and off from the SECOND FLOOR not just the first floor and other safety measures when we custom built our house by ourselves almost all of the work done by us except for the frame, laying the brick, etc.
NO one came into my house or garage. There were TIRE tracks and foot prints... wet ground. The deputy LOOKED all around outside and stayed some with me inside too. I knew him. Thank you C.F.! He became a detective later on. The dog's barking and lights may have scared them OFF but WHY did they come into the driveway ALL of the way UP to my garage door, front sidewalk to my front door, my breezeway, no outside door to my full basement, turn OFF THEIR headlights and so forth? I will NEVER know that answer but I think that they may have wanted to break in or worse! The lights, the dog's barking and maybe knowing that I was UP - lights in the den on... may have made them chicken out. Many people knew that my late husband was overseas... local people. They knew we had no children - it was his home town - country.
The deputy came and as in the other case-C. - it was one that WE knew from the Volunteer FD/EMT unit that my late husband was on and he went to HS and college with some of those GUYS! We were friends!
So... bad things can happen to good people in GOOD so called safe areas!
By the way, we have EXTRA ammo on us when we are out and about and especially when we pack for a vacation... WILDERNESS and in other parts of the country.
Their have been hikers and campers KILLED along with their dogs in SAFE (?!?) wilderness areas. Think of the man who kidnapped those kids and killed several people including burning up the one male child OUT in the ID/MT area not that many years ago! A waitress made a a call to the local police because the little girl that the KILLER kidnapped looked like a POSTER. The waitress was RIGHT and the girl was saved. The brother and other family members/friends were KILLED. Nice safe area... uh huh... yeah, sure and right. NOT!!!
Take care. People can choose what to pack or not... as my late husband used to say: S___ happens in war and S__ happens in LIFE... DEAL with it!
My groom aka husband opens and conceals carries. In my former state - CCW was NOT allowed. It passed but it is not that great (Rules/regs.) AFTER I moved/retired out west.
STUFF happens anywhere and anytime to good people by BAD people. Should have, could have, would have... I would rather have it and NOT need it than not have it at all. NO matter if it was a firearm, ammo or any other supply!
To the lady here whose son was attacked, I am glad that he LIVED through it all. God bless you and yours.
Sincerely,
Catherine