This run away line of thinking removes needed heros from society.
Of course I live in Alaska. I can carried concealed with license or permission as long as I am a non-felon. These guys #1 piece of advice is to avoid troubled areas,....My first piece of advice is live in an area where the right to armed self defense is not questioned, and go and do what you will as a free man.
Correction....I can carry concealed WITHOUT a license, not with.
Like you, the .45 is my weapon of choice.