And I would actually say that it would be irrational to assume being attacked would NEVER happen to you and to go unarmed all the time. It would be more irrational to believe the police will always be there to protect you. Because in the real world, people who never think they will get attacked, get attacked, and people who naively believe police will keep them safe, die after calling 911 and waiting for the police to arrive.
When seconds count, the police are minutes away. And you’ve become a statistic. And possibly worm food.
I carry 100% of the time that I’m off my property in my home state (though I spend much of time in NYC, which is a whole different ball game). But concealed-carrying and open-carrying are very different things. My gun lives in the outer pocket of my shoulder bag, and therefore automatically goes anywhere that my wallet goes. But carrying at all while mowing one’s lawn, much less open-carrying while mowing one’s lawn, looks like either clinical paranoia or a desire to annoy neighbors who are uncomfortable with displays of firearms (or uncomfortable with residents creating the impression that the neighborhood is so dangerous, that people feel they have to be armed to mow their lawns — an impression which puts a damper on property values).