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Can a gun protect India's women from rape and violence?
The Guardian ^
| January 19, 2014
| Jon Henley
Posted on 01/20/2014 1:26:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Behold: The real war on women.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:29:25 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Looks like a break-top webley circa 1900’s. But,if it works why not?
CC
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:31:04 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
start handing them out and see how it goes.
I predict they will need to issue “tags” as the women take ferals on and leave them as a carrion for the buzzards...
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:31:58 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
But it has drawn fierce criticism from women’s groups
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Why on earth fierce criticism from this source? (We wouldn’t want any women to be able to defend themselves, now would we? /sarc)
Sounds similar to the idiocy we see manifested by liberal “women’s groups” in this country.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:32:32 PM PST
by
man_in_tx
(Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Can a gun protect India's women from rape and violence?" Maybe and maybe not. But I suggest an experiment. Let every woman in India who wants to, carry a concealed pistol. Do a 20 year study and at the end of the 20 years, see if rape statistics have declined dramatically.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:33:18 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A "gun for women" sends entirely the wrong message, women's rights activist Ruchira Gupta told CNN. "Nirbhaya was a victim of violence caused by a desire of six men to project their masculinity through domination," she said. "Ultimately, we have to challenge the culture of domination and violence through nonviolence, not through introducing more tools of violence." Translation: "I am a communist and I seek to culturally transform the nation and disarm the sheeple so that a totalitarian regime can be put in place, and people like myself can rule over serfs like you."
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:33:38 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Anti-Complacency League! Baby!)
To: Secret Agent Man
.22 LR caliber?
.32
To: Secret Agent Man
.22 LR caliber? The real issue is to create a gun that women in poverty can afford, and .22 is cheap to build a pistol for. It might not produce a one-shot kill, but nobody wants to take a .22 bullet for the fun of it.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:34:42 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: PapaBear3625
lots of people have died from .22 LR rounds. I believe many underestimate the danger of the .22 LR round. Espeicially from a rifled long gun barrel.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:37:08 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: PapaBear3625
The real issue is to create a gun that women in poverty can afford, and .22 is cheap to build a pistol for.
You're right, and evidently they were wrong. I searched and found one article stating it is .32 cal.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Former Brit subjects neatly scale down a Webley.
I did not get the caliber? Anyone?
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:39:01 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Can a gun protect India's women from rape and violence?
No. They need one each.
At least those who wish to carry, the others will enjoy the effects of indirect protection.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:39:13 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: PapaBear3625
That is the real problem with the weapon. The article says the gun costs 1200 BP ($2000USD) which is roughly what the average Indian makes in a year. Sounds like Rossi and Taurus need to start shipping 6 shooters to India.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Lots of folks on gun boards have been ridiculing the design and cost of the Nirbheek pistol even though they agree with the motion behind it's intent.
Indians are limited to what firearms they're allowed to have -- and I remain surprised they're allowed to have any at all -- but this Nirbheek pistol only seems like it would need a little work in melting and debobbing to make it a more comfortable CCW pistol.
To: Secret Agent Man
I have a friend who almost died from a .22LR. As it happened, he did lose his lower leg.
To: PapaBear3625; Secret Agent Man
I agree with SAM. If you were to get shot in the upper left portion of the body with a .45 you might survive. But if you get shot in the same spot by a .22, it might spin around inside you and puncture several vital organs before it stops.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:41:05 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: ClearCase_guy
“Challenging the culture of domination and violence through nonviolence” is all very nice, but when you’re in imminent danger it’s much quicker to just shoot the SOB.
To: Secret Agent Man
The great colonel Askins once said that if .22 rimfires could just about make mexican deer extinct(some question as to the veracity of that)then it’s powerful enough to kill a man. Melon shots would work nicely.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:42:13 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
IOF (India Ordnance Factory) makes '32-Bore' civilian revolvers chambered in .32 S&W Long.
Not a completely terrible caliber, aside from that it's from 1896.
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