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Gun Control & RKBA

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sarisataka

(21,425 posts)
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 05:08 PM Aug 2015

Gun control proponent: Women too weak to carry guns for self-defense [View all]

Leah Gunn Barrett, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, stated on al-Jazeera's The Third Rail that

college campuses are some of the safest places in the nation
and when challenged by Florida state Representative Rehwinkel Vasilinda (D) that 20% of college women will experience rape or sexual assault, Ms. Barrett asserted
Women are not physically powerful like men are. A gun could easily be turned on the woman, and it is frequently.

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/third-rail/2015/8/would-guns-make-college-campuses-safer.html

Moments later when the host of the show asked if there is a right to self defense with a weapon she admitted that there is such a right in the home {only} because the Supreme Court has ruled so.


I guess women are simply SOL- even if you have a right to self defense, you are so weak it will be turned against you.

#onlygunvictimsmatter
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How condescending of her. Imagine the outrage if a man had said that. Lurks Often Aug 2015 #1
She will get a pass sarisataka Aug 2015 #3
This is one of the faces of gun control. There are however, many. beevul Aug 2015 #2
Like gun control's favorite "researcher" sarisataka Aug 2015 #7
An astounding degree of sexism pervades the Controller mentality Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #4
Funny isn't it sarisataka Aug 2015 #9
Example #491 of Controller hypocrisy NT pablo_marmol Aug 2015 #10
This ^^^^^ Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #12
Passive Victim Barbie says, "Self-defense is hard." Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #13
Controllers live off more victims...it's what they want, it helps their agenda. ileus Aug 2015 #5
Barrett is also touting the attempt to get Apple to ban the gun emoji friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #6
That's pathetic n/t sarisataka Aug 2015 #8
Well, if you have a gun emoji on your phone someone could take your phone and use it against you Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #14
Is a background check required before obtaining an emoji gun? n/t Statistical Aug 2015 #19
Leah *Gunn* *Barrett*?!?! pablo_marmol Aug 2015 #11
Smells like a view what comes out of AP. Esp. this... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #15
The irony is Barrett was arguing with Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda (D) a survivor herself DonP Aug 2015 #16
Delicate flowers sarisataka Aug 2015 #17
The truth is painful, obviously, and must be hidden. beevul Aug 2015 #18
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