I'm not genuinely certain of what order I thought of these comics in, but it feels like the first comic (in which she dealt with people not taking the helpline seriously) was first, and this was second.

Not that I immediately knew what she'd be facing. I just knew what she'd be doing about it.

The gun's being held safely based on what I'd learned back when Raven and Grace set out to face the giant boar, and the hatchet has a protective cover over the edge. The hatchet cover I'm mostly aware of because I've seen them on axes being sold in stores. Most of them, anyway. There seemed to be an issue with such covers coming off (or maybe customers not putting them back on properly).

She also has a necklace of garlic, and a bag presumably filled with whatever else one might imagine she could need for fighting monsters.

Assuming it's not her purse.

It's probably her purse.

Could still have things for fighting monsters in it.