Winning the Culture War on Self Defense

Gun Watch ^ | 31 October, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

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In Michigan, following the kidnap and murder of an Arkansas real estate agent, a number of women real estate agents are studying how to effectively control their guns in a deadly force situation.   The person who is encouraging them is the petite, attractive, Shelley Gottschling, pictured above.

There is nothing particularly unusual about this.   Firearm instructors have long noted the ability of women to become excellent shots, and the fact that women do not bring the macho baggage to the range that some men do.   Shelley's mentor, however, notes that she is exceptional.  From mlive.com:

"I haven't seen too many women who can handle a .45 like she can," says Ray Rocha, Gottschling's shooting mentor.

Since obtaining her concealed pistol license in May 2013, Gottschling has worked to improve her shot in an effort to feel more safe and prepared on the job. Now, in the wake of the kidnapping and slaying of an Arkansas real estate agent, she's encouraging other real estate agents to do the same.

What is noteworthy is that this article was published  in mlive.com, a somewhat "liberal" mainstream publication.   There is no obligatory disarmenter comments about how "she will have the gun taken from her and used against her"  or the ever popular, and false "a gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used against you than for self defense".

Those discredited bits of propaganda simply are not there.  The underlying assumption has come much closer to reality.    A gun in your possession increases your options, and can be used to save your life if you are threatened.

That is a sea change in the attitude of the old media.  It did not happen overnight.  It took 25 years of activism to force the old media to notice.  There were 25 years of desperate struggle on the part of the gun culture before that, merely to prevent legislative annihilation, fighting defensive battles.

Today, the culture is in a different place.   The gun culture has developed enough of its own media, that the old media has had to pay attention.

When petite Realtors preach the values of the .45 over the 9mm, and are published in mainstream publications, the gun culture is winning.

 "Personally, I like the .45 because if I'm in a situation where someone is banging on a door and I'm trapped, I have the confidence it can shoot through that door," she said.

Accept that guns are legitimate for self defense, and the gun culture has won.  Everything else is simply the details. 

  Definition of a disarmenter

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The gun culture is winning.

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I’m surprised it took so long to overcome the propaganda onslaught.

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The necessity of packing heat will become more self-evident after the muzzie ‘lone wolves’ start their terrorist attacks in the country.

The very politicians who presently try to prevent law abiding citizens from arming themselves, have armed bodyguards because they know that they and their family members have become prime targets of ISIS.

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BTTT ...WOOF !

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It is not just guns. It is also advanced by a “no fighting” policy in schools. Even if you defend yourself from an attack. Happened to my now 31 YO son when he was in the 6th grade. He served exactly the same detention that the aggressor did. I reasoned with the principal that he should make a moral distinction in favor of my son, even if it only meant letting him out 15 minutes ahead of the other kid, who was a known trouble-maker and was later expelled. His face brightened, and then said, “No, I can’t do that.” I was appalled and totally lost my respect for the man.

I am convinced that this policy is pushed in order to condition children, later to be adults, to be passively compliant when the government moves to take away their freedom. They try to teach that violence is ALWAYS a bad thing.

That principle is polar opposite of their “build self esteem” effort. The contradictory principle is that a child’s self image and self worth is vitally important to them, but not important enough defend yourself from an attack, whether it be on your body or your freedom.

I taught my children that self-defense is a virtue, not a vice. Big government needs to be on notice from EVERYONE that when you come after us, we WILL fight back.