If you go armed, you shouldn’t be any more than mildly concerned of the public, at most.
It’s kind of a double edged sword to me. If I go out unarmed I am concerned I won’t be able to defend myself if need be. If I go out armed I am a little concerned that I will defend myself. I really don’t want to shoot people. But I default to the lesser of two discomforting possibilities and almost always leave the house with a gun. You just can’t satisfy every desire in life.