Same here i only carry a gun when night fishing a few year's ago my niece's husband was coon hunting at 2:00 am alone .
and his dog went up to a group of
People drinking next to a lake I've fished at for 30 year's .
They were friendly at first petting the hound and out of nowhere one of them hit him from
Behind with a tire iron or hammer.
It shattered his jaw and broke his nose.
Didn't knock him out though he beat the *s-word out of the guy and nearly crushed the guys throat.
He was passing out so he drove himself to the hospital.
60.000 i think it was to get plates all through his jaw.
All this over nothing at all.
There's hardly any crime here but it can happen.