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DodgePremium
join:2002-11-27 | reply to Mr Neutron
Re: Women's Concealed Carry said by Mr Neutron:I agree that guns are not the end-all, be-all for self-defense, but I take issue with anyone who declares that someone else having a gun is a bad idea. That decision rests with that person and it's not up to you and I to decide what they should or should not have. With all due respect, it's their life on the line, not yours. I don't care if she has 10 guns and a bazooka on her person if she knows what she is doing, but that's a side argument anyways.
My original point is this: if she is attacked unexpectedly as most of the time is the case with robbery or rape (by attacked I mean it did not start as an argument), the gun is most likely not going to help her, since the attacker already has a jump on her.
The gun will help her against a cocky jack-ass who pulls a knife and demands money, but only if she is prepared to use it and then face the music of the "equal or lesser force" crap (which persoanlly I think is total bull). | |
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join:2005-05-30
Gorham, ME | said by Dodge:My original point is this: if she is attacked unexpectedly as most of the time is the case with robbery or rape (by attacked I mean it did not start as an argument), the gun is most likely not going to help her, since the attacker already has a jump on her. The gun will help her against a cocky jack-ass who pulls a knife and demands money, but only if she is prepared to use it and then face the music of the "equal or lesser force" crap (which persoanlly I think is total bull). I'm afraid I have a tough time with folks who attempt to second-guess self-defense scenarios that other people might find themselves in. You don't know under what exact set of circumstances someone might get jumped and whether they would/would not have a chance to pull a weapon.
I think we can agree that pulling a gun on someone is something that should only be done under the direst, most threatening of circumstances. The difference between us is that I don't see any reason why the OP should not have that option.
If you don't want to carry a weapon yourself, that's just fine. But can you please not begrudge other people that option? If this was your wife, I hope you wouldn't try to talk her out of carrying those "10 guns and a bazooka" you referred to if that's what she wanted to carry.
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