The best thing is to always be armed and live where this s**t doesn’t happen.
Try that in a small town, right?
I'll see that and raise you - live on an island that cannot be accessed by road where most everyone is armed ('cuz Bears) and you don't need a permit to carry.
Visiting the ATM is perfectly safe. Leave your front door unlocked and the car keys in the ignition? No problem.
Thank you for pointing out the obvious sane and sensible precautions-I live in a rural area where you can pretty much count on every person you see being armed-and its a good thing...
A few months ago, my friend and employer was on a repair call to a business in the city that is a gun-free zone-so he left his pistol in his locked van, grabbed a couple of tools he knew he’d need and went inside to see the problem. When he came back out to get more tools, etc the back doors of the van were open and there was a guy crawling in.
My friend grabbed a pipe wrench he had on his belt, went to the van and grabbed the thief by the back of his shirt and pulled him out-when the guy took a swing at him, my friend hit him several times with the wrench until he was on the ground and no threat-then he called the cops and waited for them, standing over the thief-who was arrested. Turns out that he broke the thief’s jaw, several other injuries, etc. My friend/boss is 74, but he is 6’3” in great shape and does a physical job. Do not try to steal from old people-they will try to kill you...