Same here. I remember one time my parents were talking to my siblings and I to let us know that another civil war might be about to start, and cautioning us to be careful of what we said and to whom.
My mom was seriously talking about moving to Australia to get away from the street violence and so that her sons would never be drafted.
This sort of talk upset my dad very much.
Though from our house you could see smoke rising from the part of town that was burning.