“19% of *Women* who own hand guns admit to having past experiances with molestaion, date rape or incest.”

Well, no sh**… let me put this in perspective for you. I’m not going to question the statistic, only your motives in quoting it without thinking about each woman that contributed to your statistic. Bear with me, now, this will only take a few bytes:

OK…

Take a deep breath.

Close your eyes.

Imagine yourself, years after the trauma of a sexual assualt…

Was it your brother, when you were a child?

Was it your father, when you were a pre-teen?

Was is your Mom’s boyfriend, when she left you alone with him during your teens?

Was it that really gorgeous, really brutal guy you dated in college?

Got that image firmly in your mind?

Good, now repeat after me…

“I will never be a victim again…”

Again.

“I will never be a victim again…”

Third time’s the charm…

“I will never be a victim again…”

Now imagine waking in the dark of night to the sound of the front door to your studio apartment being forced open… a drunken and chillingly recognizable voice calling to you, stumbling down the hall toward your room.

Now, is it so hard to imagine the weight of a .38 revolver in your hand, pulled from your nightstand drawer and quickly, fumblingly unlocked and then loaded? Or do you imagine it loaded and unlocked, but hidden, since you live alone and in fear of just this situation?

Open your eyes…
– Adele