1) Guns are a form of protection.
Shields, armour and helmets protect you. Guns shoot toxic pieces of lead into other people.
2) Guns are a form of self-defence.
They can be, sure. However, statistically speaking, more guns are used in crimes than are used in self-defence.
A study of gun use in the 1990s, by David Hemenway at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, found that criminal use of guns is far more common than self-defense use of guns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States
Obviously, potential criminals are going to purchase guns if they are legal. Therefore, you make a useless trade: increased personal protection for increased need for it. The only logical outcome of that trade is more people will die.
3) I don't trust the government.
If the government wants to get you, then your Dirty Harry handgun is not going to stop them. End of story.
4) A 100 lb woman shouldn't have to struggle with a 300 lb rapist.
But you can't arm the victim without simultaneously arming the rapist. So, instead of a rape occurring, which is consequently then investigated by the people whose job it is to investigate rapes, you have a bloodbath. Maybe the rapist gets killed, maybe the victim gets killed, maybe they both get killed, or maybe innocent bystanders get killed.
There are alternative ways to deal with rapists which are final, much safer, and do not end in loss of life.
5) Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
Then it is a stupid idea to give them guns then, isn't it? Unless you are trying to make fucking sure.
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ixaxxar ago
1) Guns are a form of protection. correct they offer great protection from humans and animals.
2) Guns are a form of self-defence. This is redundant to your first point, please make better points instead of trying to inflate your great list you have going.
3) I don't trust the government. Damn right, and why would you trust them? Sure if some government hit squad wants you dead you are dead, but may as well at least make them work for it. Also this point is moot as in a real world coupe or SHTF scenario you are including police and military which are sworn to protect the constitution and would be on the peoples side when push comes to shove, as that is who they are here to protect.
4) A 100 lb woman shouldn't have to struggle with a 300 lb rapist. Correct the women should have a means of putting her at a equal force of the rapist and no amount of gym time is going to accomplish that, a 9mm to the stomach or chest will how ever.
5) Guns don't kill people. People kill people. No shit. People kill people with cars, guns, knives, fists, ropes, shoes, fire, and all kinds of other things. Mankind sure has a way of finding ways of killing each other. I have never heard of a gun just animating in the middle of the night and killing its owner though.
In conclusion you and your kind should just fuck off already, sick of you faggots spamming the front page with your shill accounts upvoting each other trying to push your views onto the rest of us. You can come take my guns from me any time you want, better bring your own though and practice with it.
Techius ago
How do you realistically expect her to be able to pull out a gun when she is unable to move?
Tisias ago
How is she supposed to be pinned by her attacker after she's pumped him full of lead?
Techius ago
How is she supposed to quickly pull out her gun fire an accurate shot while he's running all over the place towards her? I don't see that realistically happening.
Tisias ago
How are cops supposed to be able to quickly shoot suspects in the back as they're running away? You can't have it both ways here.
At the point that she brandishes the weapon, he is probably not going to be running towards her anymore. At the point that she fires the weapon, hit or miss, he is definitely going to be running in the other direction. If not, the closer he gets, the bigger a target he is and she has about 8 shots with which to close the deal.
With minimal training she knows to shoot center of mass. If she has minimal skills, she know how to lead a target.
Guns aren't magical. They won't make her invulnerable. They'll just give her a fighting chance, which is more than some well-meaning idiot like you would give her.