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Posted by StratoCactus:
And I disagree with the claim that local crime rate doesn't matter. You do not prepare for everything that could happen. You prepare for events that have a probability of actually happening that is higher than the probability you're willing to accept.
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Knowing what the local crime rate is doesn’t tell you a thing about what you’ll run into. It doesn't tell you a thing about who's in the local area. BGs are moble. They don't just stay in the "bad" areas.
If there's an attack, there may only be one BG. There may be six. You may see it coming and have time to get ready, take cover, call for help, get the hell out of the area. Or not.
One thing's for sure; the local crime rate and the probability that you'll be attacked will only matter to you if you used them as an excuse to be unprepared.
You can't control what the BGs do. You can control what you do. My attitude is, you have no idea what'll happen, so prepare for something about 3 times as bad as anything you’ve ever heard of.
In the entire history of gunfighting, there has never been a case where one of the shooters wished he had a smaller gun that held fewer rounds of less powerful ammo. No one who's being shot at regrets bringing extra ammo or an extra gun.