Women buying guns...lots and lots of guns.....this is a good thing for them and our country.

[BlackSand]

Don't worry about me dummy. Just like you said previously. Worry about yourself.

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Take your own advice nitwit ...

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[daveman]

This topic has been on my radar for at least the last 25 years and if it hasn't been on yours then it's understandable you would not know of this. I suspect most people don't.
Women Serve Longer Prison Sentences After Killing Abusers

If that's legit, it's horrible. In my opinion, spouse abusers should be horse-whipped, and anyone who kills their abuser is doing a good thing.

 

[WinterBorn]

If that's legit, it's horrible. In my opinion, spouse abusers should be horse-whipped, and anyone who kills their abuser is doing a good thing.

Many years ago, my first wife was involved in the Clothesline Project. It is a visual display of t-shirts created by those who were abused, or in honor of someone who died at the hands of their abuser. There was a saying around the place. "If you want to kill a woman and get away with it, marry her first"

 

[daveman]

Many years ago, my first wife was involved in the Clothesline Project. It is a visual display of t-shirts created by those who were abused, or in honor of someone who died at the hands of their abuser. There was a saying around the place. "If you want to kill a woman and get away with it, marry her first"

That's horrifying.

 

[WinterBorn]

That's horrifying.

What is truly horrifying is the number of shirts in this project.

from: The Clothesline Project - Fighting Violence Against Women
"At the moment we estimate there are 500 projects nationally and internationally with an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 shirts. We know of projects in 41 states and 5 countries. This ever-expanding grassroots network is as far-flung as Tanzania and as close as Orleans, Massachusetts."


Another, more telling quote from the Clothesline Project website is this. "During the Vietnam War 58,000 American soldiers died. During that same period, 51,000 women were killed. The overwhelming majority were killed by men who claimed to love them."

 

[Batcat]

Acquisition of weapons, irrespective of gender, without the requisite training is NOT a good thing in my opinion.

This is why we have two groups of gun owners, those die hard, don't trample on my rights 2nd amendment aficionados and those who are actually responsible gun owners who not only know the gun laws but practice gun safety.

You keep advocating for people having and using weapons even when they cause harm to others, that's terrible.

Plenty “die hard, don’t trample on my rights gun owners“ know and practice gun safety and are responsible.

 

[daveman]

What is truly horrifying is the number of shirts in this project.

from: The Clothesline Project - Fighting Violence Against Women
"At the moment we estimate there are 500 projects nationally and internationally with an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 shirts. We know of projects in 41 states and 5 countries. This ever-expanding grassroots network is as far-flung as Tanzania and as close as Orleans, Massachusetts."


Another, more telling quote from the Clothesline Project website is this. "During the Vietnam War 58,000 American soldiers died. During that same period, 51,000 women were killed. The overwhelming majority were killed by men who claimed to love them."

Bloody hell. I've revised my earlier statement:

People found guilty a spousal abuse should be horse-whipped then hanged.

 

[Batcat]

Owning a gun and knowing what to do with it are two different things.

Do you think those that stockpile weapons and ammo will share with others if needed?

If our nation is invaded I would share weapons with people willing to fight the invaders.

Otherwise I don’t share firearms with people I don’t know well and they have to have a valid concealed weapons permit (which means they have had a background check). Same rules for selling firearms.

 

[WinterBorn]

If our nation is invaded I would share weapons with people willing to fight the invaders.

Otherwise I don’t share firearms with people I don’t know well and they have to have a valid concealed weapons permit (which means they have had a background check). Same rules for selling firearms.

Good plan.

Yeah, if their were a foreign invasion, I would help arm those around me.

 

[Batcat]

Good plan.

Yeah, if their were a foreign invasion, I would help arm those around me.

Assuming the younger people today would be willing to fight for this nation it would be damn near impossible for an invader to take over and rule.

One estimate is that 72,000,000 people own firearms in our nation and that estimate might be low. At any rate many gun owners own what could be called an arsenal and might loan weapons and ammo to those who were willing to fight but had no guns.

How Many People In The U.S. Own Guns?

One report says the U.S. has just 4% of the world’s population but owns about 40% of civilian-owned firearms globally.

gunsandamerica.org

 

[westwall]

Assuming the younger people today would be willing to fight for this nation it would be damn near impossible for an invader to take over and rule.

One estimate is that 72,000,000 people own firearms in our nation and that estimate might be low. At any rate many gun owners own what could be called an arsenal and might loan weapons and ammo to those who were willing to fight but had no guns.

How Many People In The U.S. Own Guns?

One report says the U.S. has just 4% of the world’s population but owns about 40% of civilian-owned firearms globally.

gunsandamerica.org

It's a low estimate. Of that number at least 5% will fight.

Do the math.

 

[2aguy]

Good plan.

Yeah, if their were a foreign invasion, I would help arm those around me.

And that is another aspect the anti-gunners don't understand...in any response to an out of control government, when you have hundreds of millions of guns, all the people may not fight, but there are lots and lots of guns to supply those who will fight.....that is the important part, and something the French resistance had to deal with since they were disarmed as citizens in the 1920s.........they didn't have guns for their fight against the socialist occupiers....Switzerland had lots of guns and this kept the Socialists from invading. The Socialists went about conquering everyone else first....the ones with disarmed populations.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Many years ago, my first wife was involved in the Clothesline Project. It is a visual display of t-shirts created by those who were abused, or in honor of someone who died at the hands of their abuser. There was a saying around the place. "If you want to kill a woman and get away with it, marry her first"

Unfortunately that's about right.

Up until I think the 1960s there were some states in which a woman, once married, was considered to have given irrevocable consent for her husband to have sex with her, whether she wanted to or not and she could not rescind her consent as long as she was legally married to him.

This meant that even if the couple was separated or if she had a restraining order out against him, he could rape her and it would not be unlawful, she wouldn't be able to press charges against him.

I just found out about this particular law only about 8 years ago.

Marital rape in the United States - Wikipedia

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Plenty “die hard, don’t trample on my rights gun owners“ know and practice gun safety and are responsible.

They're not the ones I'm talking about.

 

[WinterBorn]

Unfortunately that's about right.

Up until I think the 1960s there were some states in which a woman, once married, was considered to have given irrevocable consent for her husband to have sex with her, whether she wanted to or not and she could not rescind her consent as long as she was legally married to him.

This meant that even if the couple was separated or if she had a restraining order out against him, he could rape her and it would not be unlawful, she wouldn't be able to press charges against him.

I just found out about this particular law only about 8 years ago.

Marital rape in the United States - Wikipedia

The push to reform the laws to include marital rape started in the 1970s. It was not until 1993 that all 50 states included marital rape as a crime.

Before that, most states had laws that defined rape as "forced sexual intercourse by a man, with female who is not his wife".

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

Women are buying a lot of guns......they now make up 42% of gun ownership...

The number of women who own a gun is on the rise. A recent study from Harvard University shows that 42% of gun owners in the country are women. That’s a 14% rise over the last five years. The same study found nearly 3.5 million women became gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021.
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In the Harvard study, a quarter of the woman who own a firearm said self-defense was the reason they wanted to buy a gun. In another study from the female gun ownership group A Girl and A Gun, the women they surveyed gave many reasons. The top included the cultural upheaval in the Summer of 2020, the 2020 elections, lack of law enforcement resources, and uncertainty because of the pandemic.

“You are a person who has a life and you deserve to live it safely,” Suffecool said. “I love my children. I love my family. I want to protect them. Somebody is going to take a stand and I think it’s going to be me, so show me. Give me the tools.”

Female gun ownership on the rise, femme fatales to anti-2A messaging

bearingarms.com

 

[Captain Caveman]

Do you want to outlaw cars? Gun owners are way more responsible than the average motorist in this country.

I'm all for training. The government should fund training courses for people to take.

No, cars are regulated. You usually do some driving lessons and a test to drive one. In the UK, you need to pass a theory test too. This is designed to make the roads safer.

 

[ActionJackson]

Women are buying a lot of guns......they now make up 42% of gun ownership...

The number of women who own a gun is on the rise. A recent study from Harvard University shows that 42% of gun owners in the country are women. That’s a 14% rise over the last five years. The same study found nearly 3.5 million women became gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021.
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In the Harvard study, a quarter of the woman who own a firearm said self-defense was the reason they wanted to buy a gun. In another study from the female gun ownership group A Girl and A Gun, the women they surveyed gave many reasons. The top included the cultural upheaval in the Summer of 2020, the 2020 elections, lack of law enforcement resources, and uncertainty because of the pandemic.

“You are a person who has a life and you deserve to live it safely,” Suffecool said. “I love my children. I love my family. I want to protect them. Somebody is going to take a stand and I think it’s going to be me, so show me. Give me the tools.”

Female gun ownership on the rise, femme fatales to anti-2A messaging

bearingarms.com

A woman with a gun is very sexy:

 

[whitehall]

You could make a case that young women have become independent of controlling men who would force them into local abortion clinics and they can defend themselves and their unborn babies from the monsters who would force them to kill their babies.

 

[Batcat]

Every woman I have visited a pistol range with has enjoyed the experience and some have gone on to get concealed weapons permits.