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I’ve got to admit it: I felt vulnerable.
After all, I was driving in downtown Asheville in just a regular car, not an Abrams battle tank. My anxiety crescendoed when I exited my vehicle on Otis Street to plug the meter, clad only in cheap khakis and a plaid button down — not a stitch of bulletproof body armor on my person…