* The world is an increasingly violent place, and one is justified in protecting oneself by the adoption of violence also. (religion-online.org)
Advocates point out that hospitals can be surprisingly violent places. (scientificamerican.com)
Between 2008 and 2012 — when the Sinaloa cartel waged a bloody fight with the Juarez cartel for control of Ciudad Juarez, making that city one of the most violent places on earth — homicide rates in El Paso, right across the border, fluctuated between 2.8 and 3.4 homicides per 100,000 people, falling as low as 0.8 per 100,000 in 2010. (businessinsider.com)