Actually, no, not at all. At least not unless she strikes before the man makes the slightest menacing move. If she allows him to move first, she's toast regardless of training.
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I also think a can of pepper spray or a taser would be a better option for personal self defense along with maybe learning some martial arts but I wouldn't be against someone owning a pistol if they felt they really needed it.
It also provides the option of instant suicide, accidentally shooting the kids, and inadvertently arming thieves.
I'll go out on a limb and say I think more Americans die by suicide or gun accidents than at the hands of strangers breaking in to do harm.
Your argument is gun control is bad because it takes guns from Good people. More guns provides a safety net for people... In terms of gunshot murders, how's that theory working out in the USA?
Or you could just ban guns
While I obviously agree that interventions targeted at behaviour are good, there is evidence that suggests that the guns really are a problem in relation to suicide:
From a Study published in the New England Journal of Medecince in 2008 (authors = Miller and Hemenway)
The empirical evidence linking suicide risk in the United States to the presence of firearms in the home is compelling. There are at least a dozen U.S. case–control studies in the peer-reviewed literature, all of which have found that a gun in the home is associated with an increased risk of suicide. The increase in risk is large, typically 2 to 10 times that in homes without guns, depending on the sample population (e.g., adolescents vs. older adults) and on the way in which the firearms were stored. The association between guns in the home and the risk of suicide is due entirely to a large increase in the risk of suicide by firearm that is not counterbalanced by a reduced risk of nonfirearm suicide. Moreover, the increased risk of suicide is not explained by increased psychopathologic characteristics, suicidal ideation, or suicide attempts among members of gun-owning households.
The relevant finding: Having a gun in the house is a risk factor for suicide that is not, repeat not, counterbalanced by people using a different means to kill themselves if a gun is not around.
Would he suggest all Christians carry one? (or suggest 25% of Christians carry an average of 4?)
You didn't even attempt to answer my question.
Asked and answered. Get a security door.
I won't. But, see, you don't want to address the reasons Americans commit suicide.
And you have no answer whatsoever to how I'm going to protect my fat old self and my fat old wife from predators that I've already personally more than once.
It is about teaching gun safety, yes accidents still happen, but it is about teaching gun safety and be responsaible with your guns ( which includes more than JUST keeping them from young children, by the way.
WWJD, though?
Would Jesus petition Caesar to prohibit swords?
What do we do to prevent another Las Vegas?
What would Jesus do to prevent another Las Vegas?
It does provide an option to "Please don't kill me."
You realize, don't you, that would become a new war on black men. You realize that, right?
Because that's how America operates.
This is precisely how the war on drugs began.
I won't. But, see, you don't want to address the reasons Americans commit suicide.
And you have no answer whatsoever to how I'm going to protect my fat old self and my fat old wife from predators that I've already personally more than once.
Actually, I do not own own guns.You don't have to teach me about gun safety. I had a hunting license and a shot gun and the proper gun safety training all before I could drive a car. That is beside the point.
The fact of the matter is: in a country of 300 million people we have too many guns. Yes most gun owners are responsible but apparently it is impossible for a nation to have this many responsible gun owners with out a significant number of people who do very bad things with guns. And I'm not talking about just gang bangers. I'm talking about the people who help drive the numbers up in terms of successful suicides or domestic abuse. These numbers increase with increasing numbers of guns in the home.
I don't for one second assume that you are going to be one of the statistics. I assume you are a "responsible" gun owner, but you are part of a nationwide obsession with having guns.
The statistics show that guns in the home positively correlate with increases in danger to women due to domestic violence and successful suicides. Our nation has among the highest rates of gun deaths in the developed world and the among the highest rates of gun ownership in the developed world.
No matter how responsible YOU are with your guns it isn't enough. I promise I'd be a very good owner of a critical mass of plutonium. I would keep it in a secure location and I would learn all about the dangers of nuclear radiation and nuclear explosions. So shall we eliminate the laws against people owning critical masses of plutonium?
Actually, I do not own own guns.
Yes, if a child is injured.What is a felony in most jurisdictions? Leaving a gun on the table?
No that's exactly it... You don't have control. That's why your engaged in a debate in your country. All those things you mentioned has done nothing to exert control over either the level of gun ownership or the rate of gun related deaths.
Look I can see it's an emotive thing for Americans and your e unlikely to change how things are. So I'm guessing your strategies will be more about rapid response, which btw, is already very good.
Sometimes common sense prevails in the most unexpected of places.“I’m not sure there is any set of laws that could have prevented it.” - Sen Feinsten
Would he suggest all Christians carry one? (or suggest 25% of Christians carry an average of 4?)
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