Thalestin,
I don't anticipate anything that anybody can say will have any effect on your mindset, but I'll just lay the following out for you should some part of you be interested in considering:
The statistically most dangerous places in the U.S. also happen to be the places where it is almost entirely impossible to carry a gun, or to legally defend yourself in any way. Some people would say that this obviously means that more guns equals less crime, but in reality it's a good deal more complicated than that. The truth is, crime and violence thrive in places where people refuse to take responsibility for their own well being and that of the community. Less than two weeks ago in New York, a woman was beaten badly in public outside of a restaurant and nobody helped her--people didn't quite stand and watch, instead they closed the blinds on the windows because the spectacle was upsetting. This is not uncommon in urban areas, as people in high-population areas have grown accustomed to "minding their own business" and taken it to the level of religious dedication in order to have some semblance of privacy. While understandable, it's hardly laudable when that leads to an expectation that "somebody else will take care of it" and a belief that "it's not my responsibility to intervene" or "it won't do any good anyway." Well, places and environments where nobody is willing to be responsible are breeding grounds for predatory behavior. Responsibility can mean armed intervention, it can mean unarmed intervention, it can mean jumping in and trying to save somebody who's drowning, it can mean sacrificing a shirt to make a tourniquet, it can mean getting up from your meal and helping somebody who is choking. Unfortunately, there are many people who won't do these things because they're difficult or dangerous or might be inconvenient---but they'll be sure to take streaming video of what's happening and sell it to the news. And besides, somebody else is probably going to take care of it, so why should they bother? That kind of passive, impotent, don't give a shit thinking is what leads to violence, crime and social decline, and it's precisely what you're advocating as far as I can tell. I'm sure you won't think so, but I also doubt Elizabeth Taylor ever thought she was vain.
Police can not protect you any more than firemen can stop your house from catching on fire, because they can not be everywhere at once. According to 2006 numbers (most recent I have) there were approximately 800,000 professional law enforcement officials in the U.S., both federal and civil. This works out to one for every 375 people. If you come under attack, you have one chance in 375 that there's a cop close enough to help you. If you were surrounded by people who exhibit the same kind of, "well it probably won't actually help so I won't bother" kind of thinking that you're advocating here, you also have a zero chance that one of those other 373 people (excluding yourself and the cop) are going to do anything.
Of course there are no guarantees, no matter what you do. Thousands of people are killed in auto accidents each year, despite having worn their seat belts. Thousands die of heart-related illnesses which developed despite watching what they eat and exercising. Millions of homes are broken into despite being locked. But to assume that, given those facts, there's just no purpose in wearing your seat belt, exercising or locking your doors is a defeatist attitude that extends beyond being pitiable and enters patheticism. You'll never have a guarantee, but you can stack the deck in your favor as much as possible.
People who are unarmed have less chance of surviving a violent attack than people who are armed. People traveling in groups are less likely to be assaulted than individuals walking alone. The greater the likelihood of negative consequences, the lesser the likelihood that somebody will attempt to victimize you. It doesn't extend only to people, either. Buck deer (the ones with antlers) are not the chosen targets of mountain lions when there are does around. And when deterrence doesn't work, you do the best you can. You seem to have decided that you're going to lose any fight you enter into just as a matter of course, and I'm sure you're probably right. People who give up seldom win.
I know you said you live in a safe community, and I'm glad---you should be glad that there are those around you to take their responsibilities as enforcers of the public good more seriously, because it simply doesn't happen by accident.
I'm not mad at you, I don't think I have a right to tell you what to believe, but I'm telling you now that the attitude you're putting forth here is not going to find many adherents. There was a study some years ago that showed that women who didn't resist rape often survived the ordeal with fewer injuries than women who did (excluding the ones whose rapists intended from the beginning to kill them and eliminate the witness, of course). From this, a few people I'm sure were swayed that the best thing to do is to submit. I mean, what is self respect next to some bruises? Another study from the 1980s suggested the same in terms of sexual assaults in prison--that those who resisted faired worse. Well, it may be true, and if you and I ever ended up in prison, you're entirely welcome to grease up your anus and spread the cheeks in friendly invitation to gain points with the new community----I'll be the newbie in the corner with a shiv.
. Do some research and find out what is right for you. 
--just one exampl from here on the forums
