Without a gun on my hip, without something protecting me, I felt scared.

For years after I came back I had this emergency kit in

the back of my truck that was built for the end of the world.

And it's like, the world isn't ending today.

I mean, it isn't ending any time soon.

But without those supplies, without a gun on my hip,

without something protecting me, I felt scared.

I felt unsafe everywhere.