I'm startin' a new gang, and I want you to join me.' It was my turn to laugh. 'What's so funny?' 'How about... why?' 'Why a gang?' he asked, passing back the joint. 'The usual. So we can buy guns, do a little menace and mayhem, scare people into giving us truckloads of money, spend the truckloads of money, and die in the effort.' 'Dying in the effort? That's your sales pitch?