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For me, I think it may depend somewhat on the situation. I don't "do" malls unless I absolutely have to, & try to be alert after dark when I'm out running errands. I know I can still be surprised, but....

I've rehearsed in my mind over and over what I'd do if someone got in the truck with me without my direct invitation. Would I be able to follow through? I don't know, and won't know, unless it actually happens.

However, as I told a friend of my son's, once, when she and her cousins were at the range with us, "Someday, God willing, I'll be a grandma. And that means I'll have grandkids sleeping over sometimes. And Heaven help any jerk who breaks into my home and threatens to hurt my babies!" She was a bit ambivalent over the idea of guns in general, and women with guns in particular, but she understood the idea that a woman has the right to defend her kids. It was, however, a new thought to her that a woman could use a gun to do so. (And she did quite well with the pistols afterwards, too!)

Add children into the equation, and I think a lot of folks will find that they're capable of doing what needs to be done.