I live suburbs but family members that live rural generally keep a loaded gun ready for people who appear on their property at 2am. Areas that dont freeze in the winter in the PNW currently have encampments all throughout forested areas and empty homes will get squatters. Additionally if a large property is not policed, drug and/or squatter RVs will set up in the property. People that dont have dogs or alarms probably sleep right through visits. The feelings about prepping are often the same about guns. "Nobody ever needs an assault rifle!" Yeah, some people actually do need a rifle just like they need to prep as well.