You've got the right attitude.
Spending my teen years in the ghetto caused me to grow eyeballs in the back of my head, and to develop a level of heightened awareness that was almost animal-like. I also started making sure that I had a firearm within easy reach nearly all the time. Don't know how many times I almost used it.
In time, I just got the hell out, and life became a lot safer for me. One thing that hasn't changed is having some firepower within easy reach.
“Spending my teen years in the ghetto caused me to grow eyeballs in the back of my head, and to develop a level of heightened awareness that was almost animal-like”
The time you spent there is to your advantage. Now you have the “street smarts” to survive if confronted with violent criminals.
“I also started making sure that I had a firearm within easy reach nearly all the time. Don’t know how many times I almost used it.”
I have drawn my gun twice in 30 years, and not used it. It is amazing how looking down the barrel of a gun takes the spunk out of would-be muggers ;-)
FReegards,
SJB