An old "Benny Hill" sketch from my youth has imparted great wisdom that is applicable for wide variety of situations. In it, Benny Hill says, "There is a one in a million chance of there being a bomb on your plane. There is a million times a million in one chance of there being two bombs on your plane. So lower your chances and always bring a bomb."
My point is, if you show up with a severed head and a machete, your odds of survival should increase.
Back when NYC was more terrifying, not the disneyland it is now, my friend who owned an LCS would go and check out collections in sketchy areas (and a lot of NYC was sketchy then), but he had about 5 cops who were regulars at his shop, so he'd go with them with when they were off duty and pay them with beers and a steak dinner afterward. Needless to say, that kept him pretty safe, but he knew guys who were assaulted and robbed looking at collections. jumped in the lobby of some tenement. no way to prove they were set up.
I remember when Disneyland was in Times Square if you know what im saying