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Originally Posted by tops
I live in a rural area about 100 yds. off the road and I don't go outside unless I have the difference.
Once I was outside and a car full of people drove up and wanted gas. I told them I didn't have any and the person in the front passenger seat started to get out and I put my hand in my pocket and he closed the door and they left.
Living in a rural area does not mean that it's a crime free area. Larry
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It lowers the odds quite a lot, but makes the odds of getting help a lot lower and the odds much better for anyone with bad intent.
Where I live we could have a single sheriff on patrol and he could be 30+ miles up country when things go south. And/or maybe already tied up with something else.
Side note: we have 17,000 people in our county. Today is eclipse day and they're expecting 40,000 of you to descend on us. I had to wait almost a full minute to make a left hand turn this morning!