One time Andrew Vachss had a reading, book-signing here in Anchorage, my daughter and I went. He ask the audience of mostly females how many had ever fired a handgun. Around 99% raised their hand, he thought we had misunderstood the question. I told him he has misunderstood where he was ;-).

I was impress by the man, he is very knowledgeable and articulate and has educated a lot of folks about the need for child protection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Vachss

MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014