To a certain point.I DOUBT EVEN THEY KNEW I WAS ARMED.
But once they found out, someone would assume you must have something worth defending and get curious.
Curiosity killed the cat.
—Old English saying
In many parts of the country just about everyone is armed, including the folks who are scraping around in their car to find enough change to pay the $1.50 highway toll.
There isn't usually a correlation between "having something worth defending" that isn't yourself or your family, and owning a firearm. You learn that pretty quickly in rural areas.