To answer the original question:
It only seems obvious to you to have a gun because you see it as a horror movie. She sees it as real life. In real life, you rarely need a gun, even in isolated areas---ESPECIALLY in isolated areas. Fewer people means fewer threats. I grew up in a creepy looking part of the country, and we never had a gun. Even left our doors unlocked at night. If we were in a horror movie, yeah, it would've been freaky. But we lived in real life, so we didn't much think about it. Probably 99.9 percent of wooded areas don't have homicidal maniacs running around, lol.
I have nothing against gun ownership. In fact, to the person saying help is only a phone call away, an average response time to a location in the country would be, at the minimum, several minutes. When seconds count, do you want to rely on someone who's minutes away? Also, remember---most cops' number one thought is to protect themselves, not you. Just because the police are coming doesn't mean you'll be "safe" when they get there.
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