I dont think anyone has an issue with being prepared. However, when taken to extremes, like anything else, it starts to lose its luster. Having a gun in hand while walking to you car isnt preparation: its a manifestation of fear and an accident waiting to happen. Preparation is software: the assessment of threat, training and mindset, not the presence of hardware.
If someone lives in such a dangerous environment, wouldnt the best response be to take self and family to live in a different, non-poohhole of a neighborhood? Who wants to live in a seige?
As to my preparation: I am armed and relaxed but alert, which for inside the CONUS seems to have sufficed for 30 some odd years in urban, suburban and rural environments. I train, and then I train some more. I am not willing to live my life in fear of what might happen, nor will I let the bad guys dictate my behavior.
If someone lives in such a dangerous environment, wouldnt the best response be to take self and family to live in a different, non-poohhole of a neighborhood? Who wants to live in a seige?
As to my preparation: I am armed and relaxed but alert, which for inside the CONUS seems to have sufficed for 30 some odd years in urban, suburban and rural environments. I train, and then I train some more. I am not willing to live my life in fear of what might happen, nor will I let the bad guys dictate my behavior.