I live 70 miles north of Atlanta, and crime here is about non-existent. Move out of the cess-pool of the big city, and you won't need shoulder fired weapons to "feel safe". I have a P32 in my pocket as I type this. I can put 7 rounds of Fiocchi JHP into 4" at 15 yards.
I also don't anticipate many long affairs around here. We have a bored City Police, Sheriff's Department, and GSP all just waiting for the sounds of gun-fire. Within a couple of minutes, it would look like an FOP convention.
This nice, cool, weather DOES allow me to carry something in.40 or ,45, though, so I'll have TWO guns on me.