Rapists Like Gun Control
Whether you’re for Clinton or Broaddrick, rapists don’t like armed victims.

By Dave Kopel
Mr. Kopel is research director of the Independence Institute.
When Bill Clinton’s Tragedy Exploitation Tour arrived in Colorado,
he was greeted with protesters waving signs stating “Rapists like Clinton
want gun control.”
The protesters, a Colorado group of activists known as the Tyranny Response
Team (www.trteam.com), make a point which larger groups, such as the
National Rifle Association, have avoided.
Is it fair for the Tyranny Response Team to call Clinton a rapist? There are
two possibilities about Clinton’s encounter with Juanita Broaddrick in the
hotel room: Either she told the truth, and he raped her; or Clinton told the
truth when he told his White House spokespeople to tell the press that
Clinton and Broaddrick did have sex, but it was consensual.
As in many rape cases, a judgment must be made about the credibility of the
victim and the accused – when a defendant admits to the sex but denies the
rape. In such cases, juries often are able to find guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt, based on their evaluation of the veracity of the victim and the
perpetrator.
Whether you believe Clinton or you believe Broaddrick, it’s clear that
rapists are afraid of armed victims. Yale law professor John Lott’s book
More Guns, Less Crime, finds that rape declines about 9% when states enact
laws allowing licensed, trained women to carry handguns for lawful
protection.
There’s no doubt that Clinton doesn’t like defensive gun ownership; his
statements about gun control frequently avow an intent not to destroy
hunting or target shooting, but he does not recognize the legitimacy of gun
ownership for personal protection.
“I don’t want Juanita Broaddrick to have a gun, she might have shot me,”
said Tyranny Response Team’s Bob Glass, mimicking Clinton’s high-pitched
drawl.
How different history might be if Arkansas’s concealed handgun law had been
enacted in 1974 instead of 1994.

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