As soon as you decide all is safe, that's the instant you wind up with 'Victim' plastered in the middle of your forehead and you're fair game for the bad guys. NOWHERE is totally safe.

By the way, I have used a gun to defend myself, my family and my home on 5 different ocassions. Fortunately, all those cowards have run like scalded cats when I showed the gun, so I've never had to fire it at any of the creeps.... at least, not yet. But each time I've prayed that it would be the last time.

Hope you never get acquainted with the real world, borealboy.