He lives in an area where you really could still sleep with your doors open. It's not a town where people worry about their young children cavorting around town by themselves.
I, on the other hand, live in a place where the state loves to drop parolees
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and carrying a sidearm isn't a bad idea. Being as small as I am, it'd be hard to properly conceal a pistol.