Yes. I feel the same way. I was enjoying the peace of my backyard on the 4th. My neighbor, a cop, was leaving for the night shift, complete with his bullet-proof vest. "There will be a few shootings tonight," he said; "that's just how it is anymore." My husband, remembering the gangs he grew up with, replied, "Gangs will be covering their gunshots by the noise of the fireworks." This is not freedom.