My side of the family is the complete opposite however, and I have to bite my tongue a lot when I'm there and any talk of crime comes up.
I realize it's not my place to try to convince them in regards to the merits of self defense but I feel bad for them, so blind to the world of badguys. But it also seems nearly each visit I come home without my pepperspray because I've given it away to one of the ladys in the family who graciously accepts it after she tells the story of a mugging in the parking lot of the grocery store she shops at. They always say "And it's in such a nice
part of town" - oy vey.