You know Haz, I read the article, took my own CCW class advice (BRASS), and started into them in the comments section as others from this forum had obviously done. Then I recalled what I had seen for myself when my son went to college in Miami. Hotel room was burglarized. Saw a strangulation in progress as we drove to campus for orientation. Armed guards at the fenced hotel parking lot, and last but not least, the gunshots caught on tape from our room balcony as the beautiful moon shone over the Biscayne Bay. I actually drove around town with my .40 under my right thigh.... If they are STILL anti-gun for self defense at that paper, they must be willing prey, and so be it. Go figure! Mac.