On Feb. 27, 2012 T.J. Lane, an Ohio teen opened fire in the cafeteria of Chardon High School, leaving three of his fellow students dead and countless others injured. The following day, Feb. 28, a 25-year-old Newark police officer was shot outside a bar leaving him permanently disabled. Although both these incidents were...

The metal is cool in the palm of my hand, there’s a heavy sensation that radiates power.  I steady...

Personal space. It is something that, to most people, seems more like an instinct than a learned practice. In school, kids are taught to "keep their hands to themselves;" all of us can remember our third grade teachers echoing that phrase such a long time ago. As we got older, the phrase became "no public displays of affection."...