I can't CCW legally yet and don't but I can carry tools where I am. I used to only be armed with a cell phone. Now my EDC is my cell, a Streamlight TwinTask, a Leatherman Wave, a Cold Steel Recon 1 and a Cold Steel Ti-Lite (xytel). I regularly use all of them now that I have them and can't figure out for the life of me why I didn't carry them all before.
WHEN KS get's CCW I'll carry a handgun and at least one spare mag, probably two. Help ballence out my belt and as stated, better to have and not need. I probably won't have a BUG as that duty will most likely be covered by my knives, each carried on a differant side in case I can't get to one. Handy both when openning packages and when strugling for your life.
I've never had to defend myself outside my home but that doesn't mean I won't need to. Plus, if I have to go offensive to save someone, I want enough to do the job. So for me, the advantages of a BUG don't outweigh the convinience of not carrying one but the advantages of carrying do outweigh the inconvenience. I'm already more prepared than the majority of the population, but it's hard to be TOO prepared.
I have a few psychological issues, as does everyone, but they don't relate to paranoia and I don't think anyone on here is acting beyond the bounds of their experiance (which is something that would indicate the POSIBILITY of paranoia). What we have here are the people that the criminal element should fear and make them think twice about their chosen source of income.