Statistically yes. But I can imagine the risk/benefit calculation becomes a bit murkier if you live somewhere rural where you’re effectively “on your own” when it comes to police response time.
Fair enough. It's scary to imagine from my perspective in the Netherlands and I can see how the fear could be a driving factor when anyone around me can also buy a gun.
The Netherlands has a population density of 508/km2. Wyoming has one of 2/km2. Texas almost reaches 50/km2. That type of isolation is a fundamentally different way of living.
Yeah, that kind of isolation is scary to imagine from over here, but I can see how that fear could become a strong driving factor in behavioural change.