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Couldn't owning more guns contribute to threats in life at a greater rate then they protect individuals?
Let me ask you this - do you believe that people have the right to protect their own lives? Does that right depend on your size and gender?
Yes they do have a right to protect themselves.
Let me ask you, do humans have an accurate ability to perceive threats and predict actions of other people
I would also like if you could answer the first question I asked if you have the time.
Okay, so how does a 4'10" 95# person protect themselves from someone like me, at 6'2", 240#, weightlifter, with experience in TKD, judo, and longsword fencing? (Oh, and stun guns mostly just tickle; I've tried one on myself.) Do they only have the right to self defense if they're small?
Most people can make pretty reasonable predictions about when a situation is becoming threatening, yes. Just ask any woman that's walked home alone in a city after dark.
Drop the bullshit. You're using short people and lone women as human shields for your hobby.
Are we really supposed to believe your dogshit gun laws are an act of feminism? You've put 100% of American women in more danger by arming criminals, rapists and domestic abusers and you want to claim it's all worth it because the less than 20% of women who want to carry guns are possibly safer.
Which of course they're not anyway. The moment they know a man is a "brandish your gun" level threat is when that man grabs them or pulls a weapon on them.
And you know what happens next don't you Mr Action Hero? If the man is already in grappling distance, she gets disarmed and then probably killed with her own weapon. If the man has already pulled his gun, she gets shot before she can aim and fire her gun.
The best thing women can do to keep themselves safe is to avoid men who are walking red flags, like gun-owners that throw women under the bus for their own self-interest and awkwardly brag about martial arts training and being immune to stun guns.