No Guns for Women?

"The risk of death for women increases by 500 percent when a gun is present in domestic violence, even if the woman got the gun for her own safety."

True, if she's not the one with the gun!


I don't know what "Elite Daily" is, but it certainly presents the "elitist" message clearly.

In reponse to the Dana Loesch video message which encourages women in danger to prepare to protect themselves  (ie: "gun-empowered women can fight back"), the elitists seem to ignore the threat to defensless people because it's just .... awful ... to think women might  feel it's necessary to defend themselves.   There are many emotional and physical factors which FORCE women to stay in abusive relationships ... nobody is saying those women must user force to resist force; only that this may be a viable alternative to deadly threats.


This Bizarre New NRA Ad Encourages Women To Murder Rapists And Abusers:

Real empowerment for me looks like men who are empowered to know they don’t need to defend their masculinity and assert their power through violence. It looks like men who understand consent. It looks like men who honor and value both my safety and the safety of other women.

The NRA wants you to think that rapists are strangers in alleys. But three out of four victims of sexual violence are attacked by someone they know, as New York magazine points out.

The NRA wants you to think that domestic abuse can be easily solved by a gun. There are many emotional and physical factors that contribute to why women stay in abusive relationships. Having a gun isn’t a solution.

As New York magazine points out again, having a gun while in an abusive relationship could also threaten your own safety. The risk of death for women increases by 500 percent when a gun is present in domestic violence, even if the woman got the gun for her own safety.

There are many things you can say to potential attackers. “Go ahead” shouldn’t be one of them.

I'm sorry, Elite Magazine, but you got the quote wrong:



There are "many emotional and physical factors" which FORCE women to stay in abusive relationships ... nobody is saying those women must user force to resist force; only that this may be a viable alternative to deadly threats.

Oh, I didn't want to put the whole 90 minute movie "The Burning Bed" up here, but please be aware that this is also another option for abused women in fear of their life.

That is, for women who don't live in your idealistic dream world, you .... elitists.