It is sad that there are so many sick people out there. I worry about my safety as well and I'm sure a lot of us do. I've always believed that people reserve the right not to like us, reserve the right to be stupid and ignorant, and reserve the right to make fun of us or otherwise badmouth us behind our backs. Hopefully, we can educate such people so they know that we are not the freaks they think we are. While people have these rights to free speech and freedom of association, nobody has the right to threaten, harrass, stalk, commit violence, or other acts that violate our rights to be who we are.
This is something I have truly never understood. A trans person can walk into a store and be poorly passable and suppose a dozen or so people snicker about it or make weird stares. That is unfortunate but an emotionally well-balanced trans person can continue shopping and not let it bother him/her. The part that I don't understand is where or why it would go from harmless snickering or eyeballing to violently attacking him/her in the parking lot. Because there are so many sickos out there in the world that don't understand where lines are drawn, I almost always have a gun with me. I'm not invincible but if some hatemongerer tries to make me the next LeTisha Green, I will do my best to make sure it backfires on them. It is sad that this is what it comes to but I refuse to be a victim at least not without a fight.
