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It’s pretty simple. Every person who is bigger and stronger than another is something who can maim or kill another. Firearms simply level the playing field. D

It’s pretty simple. Every person who is bigger and stronger than another is something who can maim or kill another. Firearms simply level the playing field. Domestic violence against women is a thing because men are almost always bigger and stronger than women, meaning without access to a weapon every woman is potentially vulnerable to the violence of a man.

wing-_-nuts 5y ago
>Domestic violence against women is a thing because men are almost always bigger and stronger than women, meaning without access to a weapon every woman is potentially vulnerable to the violence of a man. Sadly, it often turns out that firearms are often turned against women in a household: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9125010/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9125010/ >readily available firearms place women at particularly high risk of homicide at the hands of a spouse, an intimate acquaintance, or a close relative. It's hard to secure a firearm against one's partner.
- brightball 5y ago
  It is, but how different would any of those situations have turned out without a firearm with a violent man usually twice the size of the woman at risk?
  - wing-_-nuts 5y ago
    Studies have shown that the more 'detached' one is from the actual act of violence, the easier that violence is to commit. All you have to do is look at domestic violence homicides in other similar countries to see that introducing guns to domestic disturbances is a recipe for people going to the morgue instead of the hospital.
david38 5y ago
You’re wildly incorrect. Domestic violence against men from women is also sky high but wildly underreported. The highest rates of domestic violence are between lesbian couples. Violence has less to do with size than willingness, exposure, snd skill. Firearms do level the playing field, but only for skill and skill. This is why even though women benefit more from owning a gun, they very rare carry one. Most simply aren’t willing to engage. They would rather run away. This is of course the correct choice if you are unwilling to use a gun. Carrying one without will is worse than being unarmed.

wing-_-nuts 5y ago

>Domestic violence against women is a thing because men are almost always bigger and stronger than women, meaning without access to a weapon every woman is potentially vulnerable to the violence of a man. Sadly, it often turns out that firearms are often turned against women in a household: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9125010/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9125010/ >readily available firearms place women at particularly high risk of homicide at the hands of a spouse, an intimate acquaintance, or a close relative. It's hard to secure a firearm against one's partner.

brightball 5y ago
It is, but how different would any of those situations have turned out without a firearm with a violent man usually twice the size of the woman at risk?
- wing-_-nuts 5y ago
  Studies have shown that the more 'detached' one is from the actual act of violence, the easier that violence is to commit. All you have to do is look at domestic violence homicides in other similar countries to see that introducing guns to domestic disturbances is a recipe for people going to the morgue instead of the hospital.

david38 5y ago

You’re wildly incorrect. Domestic violence against men from women is also sky high but wildly underreported. The highest rates of domestic violence are between lesbian couples. Violence has less to do with size than willingness, exposure, snd skill. Firearms do level the playing field, but only for skill and skill. This is why even though women benefit more from owning a gun, they very rare carry one. Most simply aren’t willing to engage. They would rather run away. This is of course the correct choice if you are unwilling to use a gun. Carrying one without will is worse than being unarmed.