Re: Gun control and rape - The myths and the facts
- From: "Scout" <4guns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:23:59 -0400
"Phil Smythe" <smytph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1127997109.761336.270510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> One of the most commonly seen phrases in TPG is, "Gun control, the
> theory that 110lb. women should have to fistfight with 210lb. rapists."
> Another claim is "Guns make rape dangerous for the rapist." And just
> a few days ago from Scout, "Since women do get raped, why do you want
> to deprieve them of the choice to possess a very effective self defense
> tool?"
>
>
> If this were true then in a country like the US, which has allows for
> the private ownership of firearms for the purpose of self defense,
> there should be evidence of such use in the near 200,000 rape/sexual
> assaults that occur annually.
And Australia which tightly restricts guns, particularly handguns wouldn't
have a rate of rape/sexual assault higher than ours.....except Phil can't
get that far with the blinders he wears.
.
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