To add to that my neighbors who do have horses and ride in the forest areas around here had a odd interaction with several men parked along a local state game road last week. The interaction has convinced my neighbor to carry a pistol on furure rides. After 20 years living in the city I was really trying to leave this stuff behind but your experience points out that trouble can find you any where and at anytime.
One of my favorite sayings is- "I carry a gun for the reasons I CAN'T think of"
Now my wife finally has her CWP too....sitting on a jury for several weeks where some crackheads beat a legally blind elderly man to death with a brick, in his home, convinced her. I think it was the crime scene photos that did it...
BTW it was retrial on a technicality and the main perp got the death penalty again. Maybe some day they'll actually get to administer it.