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I see these “your attacker will just take your gun and kill you with it”  things all the time. But you never hear of it happening, outside of very, very rare occasions. It all seems to be very anecdotal, not supported by data. But instances of women who’ve shot assailants in self-defense are well-documented. There IS data to support that.

And yes, if I find myself in a “tough” situation, as you call it, where my options are either to be sexually assaulted and/or murdered, OR to shoot my would-be attacker, possibly killing them, then that’s an easy choice. I’m going to shoot them. And I’m going to continue shooting them, over and over, until they stop being a threat. If that means they die, then so be it. It won’t trouble me in the least. Perhaps they should’ve considered that outcome before they decided to attack me.

But I’m not going to feel guilty about saving my own life. My family needs me, and I don’t want to die. So if the choice is me, or a man who chose to try and victimize me, then I’m choosing “me”. [/quote]

1. Across states, more guns = more female violent deaths

We analyzed the relationship between firearm availability and unintentional gun death, homicide and suicide for women across the 50 states over a ten-year period.  Women in states with many guns have elevated rates of unintentional gun deaths, suicides and homicides, particularly firearm suicides and firearm homicides.

Miller, Matthew; Azrael, Deborah; Hemenway, David.  Firearm availability and unintentional firearm deaths, suicide, and homicide among women.  Journal of Urban Health.  2002; 79:26-38.

2. Across high-income countries, more guns = more female homicide deaths

We analyzed the relationship between gun availability and homicides of women with data from 25 high-income countries. Across developed nations, where gun are more available, there are more homicides of women.  The United States has the most firearms and U.S. women are far more likely to be homicide victims than women in other developed countries.

Hemenway, David; Shinoda-Tagawa, Tomoko; Miller, Matthew.  Firearm availability and female homicide victimization rates across 25 populous high-income countries.  Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association.  2002; 57:100-04

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/misperceptions/[/quote]

Except I’m the one with the gun, in my case, rather than the defenseless victim without a prayer. I’m not saying I’m invincible, but I will say that I’m going to fare better against an attacker than another woman who isn’t armed. That’s my choice. You believe in choice, don’t you? My choice is to give myself a fighting chance. [/quote]

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