Kim du Toit reminds me of an issue that often drives my travel plans, or at least factors prominently in them.

In general, I try to avoid places where I am legally required to be disarmed.  In day-to-day life, this means not going into the Post Office, schools, bars, courthouses, sporting events, etc.  Fortunately, I can, for the most part, get by without frequenting these places.  This doesn’t mean I’ll never go, but I will think long and hard about it ahead of time and will plan for alternative (although less effective) methods of defense.

Mainly, though, the only reason I go is if I’m somehow required to.  If my work requires me to travel, I generally don’t have much choice about it, and it occasionally entails travel to GFW locations (New York state comes to mind).

Aside from work, though, I have absolutely no interest in going to Washington, DC or any of the other GFW locales.  It’d take a congressional subpoena to get me to Washington, DC.