[Joe Brower]

Well, most people nowadays are simply brainwashed; they buy the BS without a thought. Which is why they suffer brain-lock when presented with utter contradictions such as that seen here -- all her life, this poor woman has probably heard over and over again the canard of "the police will protect you", only to find that there is no such obligation. Kind of late to find that out now!

And the fact that such promises are made when disarmament is the agenda makes such hypocrisy more than mere demagoguery, but tantamount to tyranny.

And, as you point out, not lifting a finger in your own defense yet expecting total strangers to put their lives on the line for you is morally bankrupt at best, a concept covered in enlightening detail in Jeff Snyder's "A Nation of Cowards".

[ninenot]

In the particular case, I am truly sorry that the victim apparently did not think of self-defense as an option.

From the accounts in the thread-head article, it seems as though she and the perp "talked through" the problems--at least until recently.

She probably figured that "talking through" would continue to work, although she SHOULD have thought about other options as well.

FL is a CCW State. Wouldn't have been too hard for her...