Ah, maybe not necessarily so, if the perpetrators have a plan of surprising a victim. It is not hard to get a CCDW license in PA, but just being armed will not save you, if you are in the wrong place, at the wrong time, lack the will and skill to speedily deploy your weapon, and if necessary kill with it.
Taking the risk of walking your dog in a dangerous neighborhood at night demands a warrior attitude.
More dumb than warrior, IMO.
Every hour of firearm training should be balanced with studying and practicing situational awareness. Just by doing a web search of the term "situational awareness" one can find dozens of good articles on how to train yourself to be much more cognizant of your surroundings and how to avoid risky situations before they happen.
Every hour of firearm training should be balanced with studying and practicing situational awareness.
In this case its more like walking your dog in a pretty nice neighborhood near a bad neighborhood demands a warrior attitude (and probably a warrior dog).
No guarantee that criminals will stay in their own neighborhood.