I highly suggest you get yourself a firearm and both of you learn how to use properly. It is better to have one and not need it than it is to need it and not have it. Police don't protect and serve anyone except themselves and the court systems they haul their "policy violators" into so the judge can shake them down for money.
I have one more drawing left to do today and I will be caught up for week so I will at least get Sunday to relax this weekend.
Take care and thank you for all the support and encouragement,
Sult