Boondocking safety-Are you armed?

Testudo wrote:

2oldman wrote:
In 15 years I've never felt threatened. Criminals are lazy, they generally don't drive to secluded places.

Ditto... My wife is always whining that crazy killers are going to 'get us'. The places where the people are is what you want to _avoid_. Recent catastrophe in Las Vegas - - case in point...

A neighbor is more likely to kill you in a disagreement over a garden hose than someone who goes to the trouble to find you in some oubliette.

Watch your back...

While I agree with this, I think the wording is off a touch.

I think most people are more worried about an attack of opportunity. Neither the neighbor nor someone "who goes to the trouble to find you" would be such an attack (the wording suggests that both are specifically targeting YOU).

So, I think it should be "you're more likely to be attacked by opportunity in a populated area than you are in some oubliette."

There are very few situations where someone was attacked by a person(s) (outside Hollywood) while camping (as in traditional camping and not overnighting in parking lots, etc.) - and much lower for attacks of opportunity versus other attacks (e.g., the victim wandered into a marijuana field, etc. - which are still much lower than in the alley in town).