What do you think, are we safer with a firearm, at risk of getting killed by a cop who freaks out and kills us during a routine traffic stop? ; or safer not carrying and hoping I never need it. The chances of me having a car accident or pulled over for speeding are a lot higher than me getting attacked by a thug....
Seriously considering carrying only when I feel I am at high risk, more worried about being protected and served to death....
My view has always been that if its a 'high risk area' that I would only feel safe with a firearm... there is no way in hell I am going there even with plate armor and an up-armored humvee (with a squad). I carry when ever I legaly can for the same reason I keep a first aid kit and fire extinguisher in the car, wear a seatbelt, and have insurance.
Not for what I think WILL happen but for what MIGHT happen...