Maybe you should visit some places where having a visible firearm keep everyone at a respectible distance and is a sign of strength and resolve.
Not everyone wants to wait until a bad guy is attacking them and then respond.
I like to visit a place where the criminals are so faint of heart. Having once worn both a badge and a gun, there was no shortage of individuals who considered it an invitation and a challenge to try and shove both up my butt. In my neighborhood, strength and resolve had to be proved constantly, and was never presumed. A hardened criminal is not deterred by the law, the cops, the threat of jail or death, or the sight of a gun.