This is not exhaustive, but for the original poster: by Gary Kleck: Armed: New Perspectives on Gun Control, with Don B. Kates. N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2001. "Can owning a gun really triple the owner's chances of being murdered?" Homicide Studies 5(1): 64-77. "Crime as Social Interacti...

I know this is an abandoned topic, but I don't get into the VSD forum very often. I worked as a bouncer for three years while in college, coincidentally 2 1/2 of which were at a club that contracted Roy Bedard as a security consultant. This thread caught my interest immediately, and if the importanc...

I think the gentleman who swallowed his pride definately took the high road in that scenario, but I guess we'll never know if it was cowardice or self restraint. Here's my question: does it make any difference if there's a touch involved? For instance, I was recently at a gas station with a friend a...