Pistols, in the 19th Century, were called “equalizers” because they made the tiniest woman equal to the biggest man. I’m not even going to say I’m a believer, because I don’t “believe” it’s true, no more than I believe 2+2=4. It just is true.
I have known three women who were murdered. I did not know them personally. One was strangled by a serial killer a few weeks after I left my job and she was hired. She was a small young woman, and for that matter, the guy who killed her wasn’t that big. I could have taken him, which is why these guys kill the weaker, such as women.
It turned out the guy who murdered her was a serial killer, and over 12 years or so he killed half-a-dozen women before he was caught and got life in prison.
The other two were sisters, and I did meet their mother. They were raped and thrown off of a bridge by four teenagers.
In each case, if these women would have had a pistol, or even a knife, they would have survived. Even a two-shot, .22 derringer would have saved their lives, just with the threat of it, if nothing else.
I once wrote an article about the two sisters, and made a silent bet with myself that at least one imbecile would tell me young people should not carry guns. I responded, “So you’re saying it’s okay that these women were raped and murdered, then?” and got no response.
I am reminded of the classical definition of a liberal: someone who would rather see a woman raped and strangled with her own panty-house rather than defend herself with a handgun.
I think it should be a law that everyone has to carry a concealed handgun. Sure, there would be an adjustment period in which those genetically and character-deficient were eliminated, but in the long-run (meaning a few weeks) society would be much more peaceful.
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I knew one girl who was murdered. I knew her pretty well. And, as much as I like seeing armed women who are ready to defend themselves, I can honestly say I don't think it would have helped her to be armed. For all I know she might have been armed.
She knew her ex (a mental patient) was stalking her- he left plenty of evidence. When he killed her, he did it by pulling up beside her as she sat in her car at a stop light, and shooting her in the head. She never knew he was there.
Still, just like sometimes you'll get killed in a car wreck with even the best driving skills, the fact that a gun sometimes fails to save a person is no excuse to not take advantage of the best tool ever invented for helping a smaller, weaker person survive unharmed an attack by a larger, stronger, and meaner person.
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