Ooh, that can backfire. He was raised in the city or burb, with lots of people around. Develops a fear of half of "them", and escapes to the country without realizing he was kind of depending on the other half of "them" for mutual protection.
Now every bump in the night is unfamiliar, and a threat. Paranoia grows faster than the ammo pile. Hey, that bump could be the government, too. Why was the mailman loitering by the box? That's not the right UPS brown. Honey, did you break the seal on the new jar of peanut butter?