That proves nothing.

This is sound advice and it does NOT require a wave of these incidents around the country to legitimize it or not.

The truth is, if this happened to ONE person, it could happen to anyone.

Not sure why you'd want to try and debunk advice that potentially could be helpful to good people.

In these times, people must stay vigilant, with a certain degree of self-defense in mind at all times. That's just being smart.