Lots of
inclusivity here.
At least I don’t live in some European nation or Canada where they ban any means of self defense.
And that, coincidentally, have far lower murder rates. Crazy, I know.
Said by....a man.
https://globalnews.ca/news/3018215/canadas-family-violence-rates-are-staggering-says-new-report/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/05/national/media-national/dubious-cost-sexual-assault-japan/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-rape/little-sympathy-for-rape-victims-in-japan-idUST17815620070515https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/05/violent-crimes-against-women-in-england-and-wales-reach-record-highIt’s funny. My main argument for firearms thus far has been self defense and the reason I came to that conclusion was through the very thing that Triumph used as a point of comparison to me: Jiu Jitsu. Training Jiu Jitsu opened my eyes to how truly vulnerable a person is. I am 5’5 and would regularly be put into situations where I had a man twice my height and size laying on top of me incapable of doing anything. I was thrust into simulations and would lose and become humbled three to four times a week. The most eye opening part came when I did my first competition and the feeling of fight or flight and the blur of two people fighting for dominance. Not a real fight, certainly. But real enough. Realizing how weak we really are - even men - I change my mind on self defense. A scuffle is the literal last place you want to be in. Even after becoming trained in my art I still feel that way. But more than that, it made me realize how vulnerable a woman is. Any female grappler needs technique rather than strength and although I was born male, my body is far more female than male due to its size. The only logical conclusion I could come to was self defense for the woman - in the form of a weapon.
In America, I am granted the ability to use a weapon for self defense when it is justifiable in the name of the law. That is empowerment. That is not a self made delusion. It is a not a false sense of security.
The women who are victims in the articles above cannot use weapons for self defense. Not only are guns banned, so are pepper spray as well as knives. In these countries women are victims and lack any kind of autonomy for self defense. This is not speculation but fact. Japan takes the action of rape very lightly and very few women feel it right to come forward. These women lack any kind of self defense beyond running away. To be fair, running away is the best self defense. But not all cases will allow that and certainly relying on it without a backup plan is naive at best. In those cases, a woman has the right to defend her life. Any human does. This is a basic human right. In the talk of weapon banning this point is almost never considered. You have a group of people of people who wank themselves over #metoo but are also willing to take away defense rights of the most vulnerable of society due to emotional appeals. To be granted, mass murders are pretty good reasons to listen and appeal to that place in our hearts. But maybe banning things isn’t always the answer. Every action has a double effect. Although Japan banning swords and knives has lowered that kind of crime, it also takes another method of defense away from women who are also prone to being raped.
Liberals and progressives say that they want to protect people but very often in their policies it actually results in people being further victimized. A good example would be the war on drugs. The drug war was proposed by black democratic leaders to clean up drugs from black neighborhoods and look at the drug war and how it affects black people now. Such is the poison of bans, laws, and emotion appeal. Liberalism and progressivism are failures.
You can not refute this so you attack my character and laugh at me. But that’s okay, because I’m American and can legally defend myself rather place trust in the powers that be.
Lager asked what happened to society in another thread. Maybe because you no longer believe a human has the dignity to defend their own life for a
perceived notion of safety?
