I carry a state-legal 3" hanging around my neck just under my rip-open shirt every time I leave the house. I also take a get-home bag and self-defense walking tool when I leave home. Includes medical, printed street maps, tarp, multitool, compass, spare water, energy bars, dehydrated condensed food packets, etc. Even if I'm only going a mile to get my wife's medicine. And I never leave them in the pick-up once I get home. Just never know.