Thibaut
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To be fair though most places are pretty safe. The media makes it seem like you're luck to make it to the store and back without getting gunned down but the truth is our society is pretty safe. There are some incidents and a few places where crime is much worse than the norm but overall the rates of murder and other violent crime have dropped steadily over the decades since Roe V Wade. Probably 99.99% of people do see a movie, attend a concert or football game, etc without the event being attacked by a gunman/gunwoman. Mass shootings are still pretty rare so it's not completely unreasonable to think you can go to a basketball game without, say, body armor.
Before you go there, yeah- I do CCW. I've never filed a claim with my car insurance company nor used the fire extinguishers in my home but I still keep them around.
It would be dismal to envelop yourself inside a fear-wrapped existence. I faced a personal attack. I know that it happens. My biggest battle was to move forward afterwards and rid myself of the absolute terror whenever I left my house or car. I am okay now and not afraid but I am very aware of my surroundings and take nothing for granted. I am prepared that it could happen again.
I am careful when entering the garage but have to say that I feel less safe there than anywhere; despite precaution. We are alarmed and take arming it seriously. I am readily armed. I am schooled in self defense. Our house was built with my nerve-set in mind.
You never really get over someone trying to take you with them but if you work at it, you get pissed-off and make sure you are as ready as can be, inside and outside.
Meantime, life in the greatest country in the world is wonderful.