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Man. I feel bad for her. Sounds like she might have been the one person in a thousand who needed a gun, I’m sad to say. Interesting that she acknowledges the guilt first; she may have saved her life, but she’s still a victim.
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ThaT PoOR maN woULD be ALIVe toDAY if ONLY he HAD a GUN.
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Ha! But I think he is alive.
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handguns for home protection make sense in the case of responsible gun owners. AR15 with full auto… not so much. Good for her.
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Yeah, if you’re actually being targeted, especially where there’s a stalker or abusive ex in the mix, it changes the equation radically.
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She should have finished the job, lest he get out of jail and come back.
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I’m glad she’s OK, but why is this a story? Maybe for being a successful gun defense, but why is posting a picture of a broken door and letting her friends know how she is doing such a wild and newsworthy thing?
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I was once threatened by a guy who was holding an ex-girlfriend hostage. I was able to get ahold of his relatives who got her out of there. I considered the threat credible enough that I considered getting a gun. I’m glad I didn’t, but I understand why you might.
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Yikes!
A good guy without a gun!
jw1
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The best thing I did after that to ensure my safety was to break up with her.
Too much drama, you know.
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Pity she did not kill him. Eventually he will be let out of jail and probably go looking for her again.
Just last night I listened to a relevant episode of Pseudopod, one of a family of excellent audio podcasts of genre fiction (Pseudopod for horror, Escape Pod for scifi, and Podcastle for fantasy).
The episode was “The Screwfly Solution”, a 1977 short story that won the 1978 Nebula award for best Novelette.
This is part plug for a great podcast, part plug for an interesting treatment in fiction of male violence against current/past/potential mates. Author was a female CIA agent who then entered academia (experimental psychology) and wrote under pseudonyms – most often a male one, with the probably-correct assumption that it would improve the likelihood of publication.
I could post the most relevant story excerpt, but that would be a partial spoiler for anyone who wanted to read or listen to the story.
You can listen or download at this link, or download and subscribe to Pseudopod via iTunes:
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Good for her!
I think it’s been amply demonstrated that for a lot of people, stories of violence against women aren’t real if there’s no photos or video.
The next time VAWA or similar local ordinances come up for renewal, this woman’s documentation might be part of the mix to show, “This is what stalking looks like, this is the aftermath for women.” It’s pretty powerful.
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And this used to be the kind of thing you had to demonstrate before you got a carry permit—some immediate threat, or the need to regularly visit a high-crime area. Just because you felt like carrying a gun was not a good enough reason.
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Yeah, I remember those days. Back when the John Birch Society was a derided fringe group ostracized by the Republican Party rather than its platform committee, as I recall.
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I agree with many here, that guns can be a part of the solution at times. When you are inside the home, and someone is there to harm you, a gun can be a help. However, in the last month, at least 5 cases of persons shooting what they THOUGHT was an intruder turned out to be a family member. So the gun must be used carefully in the home.
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This story suggests that the issue of “gun rights” (or whatever you want to call it) is more complex than some of us admit.
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Birchers and their fellow travelers comprise not only the Republican platform committee but also are their major source of legislation authorship and campaign funding.
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