I have to agree! I rarely go anyplace unless I carry, luckily FLA and TEXAS are not generally crappy states
concerning the individual rights to personal defense! both states allow permitless concealed carry.
yeah Im also 75 plus and no where near in my former peak skill level, AGE related issues suck.
back years ago I got requested by one of the swat officers I was friends with, in a martial arts class ,
to help train the local county SWAT team, about the use of and personal defense using bladed weapons,
after a few classes, most guys quickly learned the advantages of carrying a knife, as a last resort weapon.
for some reason the facts of what a well train guy with a blade could do,
to defend himself, seemed to make the county lawyers skittish, I rarely used a knife in demonstrations' I used a large red magic marker
pretending it was a knife for the demonstration,
but having swat guys that thought were well trained in martial arts,were info an education, in many cases they
look like they were covered in red ink, and unable to take the marker away, that made them nervous and appreciated the skills they learned