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Guns are the great equalizer. Women don’t have equal rights until they are equally capable of defending themselves.
by rubyist5eva 5y ago
Guns are the great equalizer. Women don’t have equal rights until they are equally capable of defending themselves.
- itsme-alan 5y agoGuns are not the way to do anything
- ryan93 5y agoIf a women shots and kills her abuser how can he abuse her when he is dead?
- Avshalom 5y agohttps://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/in-the-news/women-serve-longer-prison-sentences-after-killing-abusers https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/in-the-news/women-...
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- opaidsj9123 5y agoI sincerely wish they were not necessary. However we live in a world where people are attacked, raped, and murdered with enough frequency that owning a gun to defend yourself is reasonable.
- onethought 5y agoWhich world/country are you referring to?
- stuff4ben 5y agoYou live in a place where none of that happens? Really?
- abestic9 5y agoPeople around the world are living in places where guns are not used as a solution to crime. There are many in fact that view guns as more of a problem than a solution.
- stuff4ben 5y agoNice job not answering the question. If you're being raped or mugged, would you rather A) wait until it's over to call the police who may or may not do anything or B) defend yourself with a gun before you are raped or mugged? There is a third answer C) have physical/martial training to fight your way out of it, but never bring a fist to a gun or knife fight. A gun is not a "solution to crime" as you said. In the hands of a potential victim, it is a "preventative from the crime ever happening".
- abestic9 5y agoI can see why anti-rape self-defense is a popular rhetoric as gun ownership has indeed prevented crimes, and not being raped is a very good thing. Unfortunately, it's also used often as an emotional sales tactic, causing people who shouldn't be in possession of a gun to be in possession of one, resulting in unnecessary injury and death. Coupled with the fact that even if you arm every single person capable with a gun, there's still going to be crime, you have to consider a balance. Some countries are doing very well without them.
- refurb 5y agoPretty sure the Taliban disagrees.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoIn unequal power situations, guns are mighty useful. A world where no one needs firearms is a nice ideal, but unfortunately we don't live in that world. The police cannot be trusted to show up anywhere in time to defend you, and in fact might shoot you instead of whoever is attacking you anyway. Are many firearm proponents ideologically crazy and/or reckless? Unfortunately Yes. Does this have negative societal consequences? Yes. Should we work towards a world where no one feels the need to own a firearm for self defence? Absolutely. But saying that firearms "are not the way to do anything" is just denying reality.
- soco 5y agoSomehow I never read news about "rapist shot dead by attacked woman". Are you positive that buying more firearms will make it happen? Because it definitely doesn't look we're there yet.
- AustinDev 5y agoThere dozens of defensive uses of firearms daily. Many don’t result in shooting and even when they do they rarely make local news and certainly not beyond. There are a few sources that are trying to catalog these events I’ll try to snag one when I’m not on mobile. I’ve had to use a firearm before and it was never reported because no one got shot.
- jabedude 5y agoHave you considered that you don't hear about those defensive uses because your sources of news simply don't report them? 1. https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/teen-tries-to-rape-friend-s-mom-during-sleepover-police-say/763282193/ https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/teen-tries-to-rape-... 2. https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-mother-of-3-shoots-home-invader-i-wouldve-killed-him-if-i-had-to https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-mother-of-3-shoots... 3. https://www.azfamily.com/news/us_world_news/police-woman-shoots-kills-man-peeping-into-her-bedroom-window/article_04fb4df3-d885-5c26-a4bf-817db7b3033d.html https://www.azfamily.com/news/us_world_news/police-woman-sho... 4. https://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/2015/04/17-year-old_shot_during_home_i.html?utm_source=reddit.com https://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/2015/04/17-year-old... 5. https://myfox8.com/news/nc-grandfather-shoots-home-invaders-protects-granddaughter-from-being-raped/ https://myfox8.com/news/nc-grandfather-shoots-home-invaders-... 6. https://www.kltv.com/2019/12/05/tyler-police-arrive-scene-find-man-holding-sex-assault-suspect-gunpoint/ https://www.kltv.com/2019/12/05/tyler-police-arrive-scene-fi...
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoDo you have a right to defend yourself when your life is threatened and fleeing is not an option? If so, then why should your physical stature limit you?
- yhoneycomb 5y ago“Political power flows from the barrel of the gun.”
- AlgorithmicTime 5y agoThey're an excellent way to stop an aggressor. >God made man, and Sam Colt made them equal!
- AnEro 5y agoI thought that too, then I saw LA police slowly drive past a trans woman screaming for help to flag them down as her and her friends were getting mugged, which lead later to assault. There's video evidence since the mugger was on insta live and recording it to get clout, then a friend assaulted another trans woman on as their friends laughed at her. That logic works if you can trust the police to do the bare minimum. With video evidence, and the assailants live-streaming repeatedly after from their apartments bragging about the assault, trying to hype up their rap career. It took weeks to get the police to do anything about it, where they would tell the women that they had no leads despite the livestreams. If someone I'm with or myself is allowed to have a gun I prefer it.
- AustinDev 5y agoPolice will never protect you. If you want to be able to defend yourself and your family either be rich enough to have private security or train to use a gun, if you have the right. Many of our offices are guarded by guys with guns and many of the anti-gun advocates you see on TV have bodyguards with guns.
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- seneca 5y agoThat is an extremely naive view of the world. Many places in the world have long response times for police. A home invader is now going to wait patiently for the police to come save you. Revolutions against tyrannical government are quite difficult for an unarmed population. Many poor families feed themselves via hunting. I personally grew up in that situation and know many people who still experience it.
- eplanit 5y agoTell that to a home invader who just kicked in your front door at 2am.
- rubyist5eva 5y agoTell that to the criminal with guns breaking into your home and taking all your property.
- onethought 5y agoAll the countries that have greater gender equality have strict control of firearms. (Sorry for the inconvenient facts down voters) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_Inequality_Index https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_Inequality_Index
- natmaka 5y agoDoesn't 'strict control' imply that few legally detain guns? Gender Inequality Index: #1 (best nation) is Switzerland. This country is shock-full of firearms, there is an assault rifle in many (most?) homes (a weird way to 'control', in my opinion). #2 is Norway, where 9% of the population legally owns 1.3 million guns (population: 5.4 million) #3 Finland. 12% of Finns legally detain a firearm
- thebooktocome 5y agoSwitzerland's famous assault rifles are not kept with ammunition, and are mostly useless. (I suppose you could bludgeon a home invader with one.) Firearms are more heavily regulated there than in most of Europe. "He shakes out the gun holster. "And we don't get bullets any more," he adds. "The Army doesn't give ammunition now - it's all kept in a central arsenal." This measure was introduced by Switzerland's Federal Council in 2007." https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21379912 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21379912
- Throwawayaerlei 5y agoQuestion I've never been able to get an answer to, although I haven't tried hard: is it illegal to keep your own supply of ammo for the rifle? Possibly confounding issue: with the new SIG 550 the ammo was changed to use lead free primers, just like the GP 11 1911 ammo was changed to use non-corrosive primers far ahead of other nations (in the US, our first example was for the WWII M1 carbine). I wonder if the Army discovered those primers didn't last as long as projected....
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoI think you're wrong. https://www.quora.com/How-hard-is-it-to-get-a-gun-in-Switzerland-vs-the-United-States?share=1 https://www.quora.com/How-hard-is-it-to-get-a-gun-in-Switzer... is a good discussion of Swiss law. TL,DR: Swiss law is different than U.S. law, and it's hard to generalize as each is more or less permissive given different areas (and the U.S. is really 51 or 52 little countries in most senses, as Switzerland is divided into Cantons). Concerning ammo specifically: https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/7xug8k/question_about_ammunition_purchasing_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/7xug8k/ques... TL,DR: One can buy ammo freely at ranges and with minimal permitting to take home. It sounds like maybe the Army wanted ammo stored centrally such that it would be in controlled environmental conditions, and not lost or accidentally used up at a Schützenfest.
- roflc0ptic 5y agoI'm reminded of this Thomas Carlyle quote: "The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall."