My lib friends here are freaking out.
I was with my MIL in a candy store in Abilene. There was a man who frankly looked like a cowboy, and had a revolver on his hip.
She said “did you see that man with the gun?!”.
“yes, I did...”
“don’t you feel unsafe?”
“no, to the contrary, the store is much LESS LIKELY to be robbed with that guy shopping here”
As far as feeling safe, we went to a trivia night at my SIL’s church. We’ve been going for years but it has gradually deteriorated into a drunken excuse to wear underwear and pajamas. Very odd in the gym of a Catholic Church. Some of the questions were from movies no Catholic should go to. I was very angry but then the next day after a lot of prayer, I realized that I felt unsafe. I have promised to go next year but only because it would be the first year that my son can go.