Stan, I know it's not much protection, but don't go outside without a good handgun. Your situation is sometimes very dangerous. I live in the safest county in the country, but still got caught in three gunfights over the years, one with someone who forgot to bring his gun, and one that did bring his gun. A third gunfight was an armed robbery where I forgot to bring my gun, so obviously I lost that one. I am not a LEO.