Just Me said:
I am not armed because I generally do not give in to irrational fears. The chances of me being the victim of a violent crime are not very high.
Looking at the statistics, I am more likely to kill myself than be a victim of violent crime where a weapon would help me.
I am also not worried about being the victim of a violent crime. I am concerned with reminding people to respect my boundaries when I make it clear the conversation is over. Do I think someone will try to mug or kill me? No. But I've stopped counting the times men have used physical force to move me to a second location, followed me, and harassed me.
I'm not interested in weapons to protect me from "criminals." I want them to protect me from regular men and "nice guys" who believe they are entitled to me and my body. Being harmed by regular men is not an irrational fear. So far I have never talked to any woman in my life who was not at one time attacked, harassed, or hurt by a man who used physical force to get their way.
(Granted, the first question I ask women isn't about their sexual assault history, but when the subject comes up in an appropriate setting, no woman has ever chimed in with, "I don't know what you guys are talking about! I've never been treated like a sack of shit by any man who didn't give a fuck about my boundaries!")