Sad to say but you shouldn’t “feel safe” living anywhere, if by feeling safe you mean you don’t feel like you need to be prepared to defend yourself. Unless you are a law enforcement officer or you live with one, chances are if you are attacked you will be solely responsible for your own defense for minutes. Maybe only a few minutes if you are lucky. Maybe several tens of minutes if you live a little more rural. Maybe your on your own time might be measured in hours if you are very remote. Where I’m at, best I could reasonably hope for might be on the order of 4 to 5 minutes. Worst case, but still very possible might be 25 to 30.
Response times have been long for a long time. What I was referring to was her access to her weapon. Not sure but I think d.c. has some sort of storage requirement. In either case, more than likely in d.c. if you’re away from home, your on your own and unarmed unless your “special”. Besides which, the police are under no obligation to protect “you”. Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to you and your family.