How to check if an element has an event or not?

Question

How can I check if an element has an event or not with jQuery?

I would like to clone or store that event for later use.

html,

<div class="item">
    <a href="#" class="edit">edit</a>
    <a href="#" class="delete">delete</a>
    <a href="#" class="view">view</a>
</div>

jQuery,

$(".edit").click(function(){
    return false;
});

$(".delete").click(function(){
    return false;
});

$("a").each( function(i) { 
    $each = this;
    console.log($(this).data('events').click);
    if($(this).data('events')){
        console.log($each.className);
    }
}); 

error,

TypeError: $(...).data(...) is undefined

Any ideas?

Edit:

I know this similar question and answer, but that is where I get my error message from.