I interpret it as being armed and the neighborhood watch are reasons for GPs feeling of safety.
I just went through a cancer blood test panel, which somewhat decreases my chances of dying, but I never thought of buying a gun.
Same in the US. But if you _are_ in a bad neighborhood, it's probably safer to be in Kabul.
Heck we even had art stealers removing a several tons statue that was literally in front of that police station in the middle of the night, this town bank ATMs where blasted so many times that the banks just stopped replacing them.
It's been decades that everyone has stopped thinking that the governement cares or would send help if anything happened.
But despite the local context being worse than in the US for much longer, still there is no neighbourhood watch and the only people who have guns are hunters and the idea of needing guns to defend ourselves is quite uncommon.
If a second virus wave hits and basic supplies are unavailable people may resort to crime. Weapons are intended to be a deterrent. I sincerely never want to use one.