I stated who I am, what I do, where I live. though that was the point of my post how do you let yourself be public without giving up too much to jeopardize your families safety.
You say:
"I agree people will probably get more donations for projects with a full transparency campaign. I am thinking of a way I can do this for myself."
I don't think a first name really counts as "full transparency" ?
As for the "I own a gun" bit, not sure its going to encourage people to line up and help you with ... whatever are doing.
Good luck anyway