"Women's organizations are also raising alarms about the danger of flooding the streets with firearms. Since the beginning of the year, 34 women have been murdered, two more than last year. It should be noted that none of these women were killed by a weapon provided under the reform, but according to Rebecca Neumann, the Advancement Division Director at the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO), this is a disingenuous claim.
"The presence of a gun in the house is the issue. It changes the balance of power. A gun doesn’t need to threaten. The threat is always there, and it can be used at any moment. The experience of women and children, when there’s a person in the house with a gun and a short fuse, is living under constant threat," she accuses. "You don’t need to do anything or say anything. It’s there. A physical and tangible threat. It’s a game-changer. You can’t ignore that. It’s simply a complete lack of understanding of the dynamics within homes or a lack of care."" [Emphasis added]
Amazing. None of these domestic murders was with newly licensed guns but it is going to happen, rather like shall-issue" licenses would make the streets like Dodge City.
Now, how do we know the woman in each tragedy was not the one who owned the gun in the house?
ReplyDeleteFor that matter, were the women murdered residents of a house that also "housed" a gun?
That would just show guns are dangerous to women. Unless it was a murder by someone born female by mistake.
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