[WhiteGuy]

If that poor girl had just posessed a good reliable revolver..........

[GovernmentShrinker]

I seriously doubt that a gun would have helped her. In order to effectively defend yourself, you have to be prepared to do so. Sitting in your car in a mall parking lot, with the doors unlocked, yakking on your cell phone, makes you an easy mark, unless you already have your gun in the other hand, ready to go with a bullet in the chamber. I'm a regular carrier, but I'm not dumb enough to think that just carrying will make me safe.