“Jim Ross lifted his coat slightly behind the restaurant counter, revealing a 9mm Smith & Wesson pistol in a holster. ‘I’m not going to be a victim without somebody having a bullet in their (rear),’ said the owner of Coyote Flats Cafe on U.S. 60. ‘We’re going to take this town back.’ Jim and his wife, Dorene, are not the only folks packing heat in this backwater community [of Aguiila], 25 miles west of Wickenburg. With little law-enforcement protection and a crime wave that has left two residents dead and hit just about every business in Aguila, many residents have armed themselves, installed security systems and taken to patrolling residential areas.” (12/06/07)