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MasterCaneman -> RE: One reason an American might wish to own a gun... (10/28/2013 8:13:16 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Aylee
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
Well, it's confirmed that the demand for firearms is up in that area. Two of the wife's friends from out that way, including a European immigrant lady who has never touched a gun in her life, want me to teach them to use a shotgun.
That is great and all Rich, but a little something called, "Situational Awareness" might be a good lesson before marksmanship.
There are some other kinds of non-PC things that can be taught and talked about as well to help them keep from becoming victims.
I do hope that the shotgun stuff goes well.
I was waiting to see someone mention that. That's the problem and the solution all in one. This may be a roundabout reply, so bear with me here. Everyone here knows my position on firearms so I won't bother repeating it. It's not the presence or absence of weapons that's the issue. It's the general lack of awareness of one's surroundings that's a major factor. People have become so used to being the dominant species on this world they forget they're just as easily prey, and we have the double-contradiction of being the apex predator as well. Rape is nothing more than the hunting urge perverted by some internal or external stimuli on the subject. That's why they do it, and they take advantage of the fact that most people are blithely unaware of their surroundings.
Now, with that said, here's where the argument for more women to have carry permits and handguns comes in. Most states require a training regimen before the permit is issued. That's the important part, more so than the actual possession and carry of the weapon. I've seen a training session being held at the club I belong to, and most of the drills revolved around observation, awareness, and recognition of threats. By re-awakening the prey sense within the brain through this training, the potential prey (women) learn how to see things they might otherwise have missed.
The weapon is secondary at this point, the backup system. Let's face it, how many times have we seen some pretty young woman walking down the street with her eyes on a phone, or something similar? The problem is the overwhelming variety of stimuli we expose ourselves to, which makes us 'dull' our awareness so as not to overload ourselves mentally. Predators take note of things like this, both for their prey and potential witnesses. What the training does is force the student to start focusing on things again.
It's still necessary though. Avoidance tends to be stressed in good classes. To actually shoot is always taught as a last resort, both for legal and ethical grounds. The mere presence of a firearm alone does not give someone power, it's the knowledge of when, where, and how it is employed or not that does. It's the awareness that we don't live in a totally safe environment, and the predator that is the most dangerous is a member of our own species
I cannot speak for how a woman feels on this matter, as I don't have the foggiest idea of that kind of fear. I won't even begin to comment on how to 'keep' a rapist from doing what (invariably) he does-that's a huge area on its own. I have a couple ideas, but all are unworkable in society today and come with dangerous costs.
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