The “valley” used to be quite notorious for meth labs but a lot of that has been dealt with
The area I live in now has very little in the way of crime
Unless we are going onto the Air Force Base I have a handgun and a substantial knife or two on me at all times
I’m the only one who will protect we and mine if the *s-word hits the fan
The cops are only there to write it up afterwards, assuming a person survives
I’ve done things this way all my adult life (except while in Hawaii) and it’s second nature
Call me paranoid or crazy or whatever
Doesn’t bother me one bit