You're not the only one. A friend (SWF, late 30's) was the victim of a home invasion in her row home in Canton/Baltimore City. I spent a day with her at my gun club (AGC) and sold her a pump action shotgun.
She is now a vocally pro 2A leftist. When she talks about her experience to other leftist SWF's, and explains how much safer she feels with a 12 gauge in the closet- they listen.
I have a similar friend with a similar shotgun in the city. She says that whenever the SHTF that she’s coming to my house. I told her she’s be much better off learning how to defend her hearth and home than come to my place. I talked her out of a handgun and into a pump 12 gauge because she wouldn’t have to aim as well with buckshot. She’s pretty far left, but a friend and gun owner. She wasn’t worried during the riots because she could fend for herself. She’ll never vote R though.