Reply #107: uh oh, watch out

[iverglas]

i guess women are just too stupid to think that they could OUTRUN an unarmed big guy ... or they could leave the house from the back if he's breaking in the front ... no, the only thing they can/should think of doing is getting their gun and killing him.

There's a reason why that Scenario 1, or whichever it was, is so popular around here.

As I recall, it's the one where the woman did go out the back door the first time Mr. Bogeyman showed up ... and Mr. Bogeyman was waiting for her.

What I can't figure out is why Mr. B was on the streets the second time it happened. Hmm. I wonder whether it was because the public authorities didn't take the woman's problem seriously.


i was married to a "big guy" who was an alcoholic and abusive asshole. the LAST FUCKING THING i wanted in the house was a gun. i didn't need to kill him, i divorced him. and i've been and felt much safer without him and without a gun in my house.

And that's hitting the nutshell on the head. Abused women who live in homes where there are firearms report that the presence of the firearm was a factor in the abuse and their difficulty in escaping it. Women who have recently left abusive partners are at most risk at that point. Women know that. It's one reason why women "put up with" the abuse. Leaving an abusive, controlling partner with firearms ... well, hmm, it may not look like a really good idea.


why are you gun freaks ALWAYS so worried about us little women getting raped? you rarely seem to worry about any crimes against women except for rape.

Gosh, I was beginning to think I was the only one who noticed ... ;)