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I believe you need to just live your best life. While I understand your fear, almost always when someone is hurt or worse, especially in the manner you describe, it’s due to gang violence. Assuming you’re a regular person who isn’t involved in anything crazy like that, the chances are minuscule you’d ever be in danger. However, you certainly will lead a miserable life IF you allow yourself to be swallowed up by things like this.
There is no absolute certainty in life, but you can’t allow yourself to be afraid to live. My wife takes martial arts classes so she has increased her confidence of being in better control of her safety, as everyone especially a woman needs to be mindful of; mindful of, but not consumed by.
