Discussion among cyclists elsewhere ....many are men on whether or not they own a gun(s):

http://forums.bicycling.com/eve/foru...7/m/5121080767

I don't see myself as naive...I have lived in neighbourhoods where there were shooting or 2 just down the street or several blocks away. Did I move away from neighbourhood for that reason?

No. The reality is that crime does happen in the nice-looking/peaceful-looking neighbourhoods too.

For certain I'd rather live in areas where there are neighbours nearby, not in the middle of nowhere. But then, that's me, a city person all my life. (I was raised in an Ontario town of 2,000 people during lst 3 yrs. in life.)