Sagging

[CharlesHarris]

Like Mortblanc, the revolver is carried mostly for poisonous snakes. We have timber rattlers and copperheads. A Speer .38 shotshell full of No.9 comes up first, the rest of the rounds in the cylinder are Winchester Ranger 147-grain Law Enforcement jacketed hollow points. The two Bianchi Speed Strips carry the same mix, one Speer No.9 shot and five 147 grain JHP +P+ LE rounds. Next to snakes the most likely threat are feral dogs, which become aggressive and run in packs in winter.

We do have black bears, bobcat and coyotes, but healthy ones have a natural fear of humans and are rarely seen.
The coyote you see in daylight is possibly rabid and that is then the gun comes out...

Violent street crime is rare here, because 38,000 people in West Virginia are licensed to carry concealed.
This benefits the general public, because the criminals don't know who is armed and who isn't. MUCH safer than Baltimore, Washington, DC, Richmond (VA), Philadelphia, Newark or New York City.

A great many of the students in personal protection classes are women. "Ladies only" classes taught by a female state trooper and female county sheriff's deputy at the state police barracks are always full and there is a six-month waiting list.
The classes cover situational awareness, threat assessment, home security, personal security, non-lethal weapons, force continuum, the laws which cover self defence and use of deadly force, firearms safety, security and storage, as well as actual firing time and qualification on the range.