[in_troth]

and it was you and your loony liberal government who made her defenseless, by taking away her right to defend herself.

I'm sure she has the right to defend herself; you're probably saying that she doesn't have the means to do it. But don't you think that at her age he might have just taken her gun away from her and shot her with it? I mean, there's no guarantee that she could have defended herself even if she had a weapon.

[Gritty]

there's no guarantee that she could have defended herself even if she had a weapon

That's correct.

So, better to leave her utterly defenseless than to give her a fighting chance, eh?

[Frohickey]

I'm sure she has the right to defend herself; you're probably saying that she doesn't have the means to do it. But don't you think that at her age he might have just taken her gun away from her and shot her with it? I mean, there's no guarantee that she could have defended herself even if she had a weapon.

There is never any guarantees, but she didn't even was given a chance by the government. Besides, in having arms out in the public, the hoodlum is made guessing if the victim is armed or not. Plus, there could be an armed witness that could help out as well. In passing the gun control alws, both of these classes of people were disarmed.

[FormerLib]

I mean, there's no guarantee that she could have defended herself even if she had a weapon.

But we all know that her chances were zero since she was now defenseless

Imagine being awakened to the sound of your front door being broken down. With the sound of feet pounding up the stairs, you leap from your bed to retrieve your .357 Magnum revolver from your nightstand. Running to the window, you toss the weapon outside and turn to face your attacker completely unarmed and infinitely safer!

If that sounds correct to you, you must be a liberal. If it sounds preposterous, congratulations! Your brain is starting to engage and you are on the road to conservatism!

Next lesson: Two to the chest and one to the head.

[Rifleman]

Almost never happens. When a prospective victim produces a gun most (almost all) scum run for it. They want an easy target and even an old lady with a cheap pistol does not qualify. I have some experience with this as a couple of decades ago, my 80 year old grandma ran off a house breaker with a .22 single action revolver.

[Charlotte Corday]

no guarantee that she could have defended herself

Quite true, but one of the perp's victims of the week before could, if armed, easily have performed a little social prophylaxis.

[Bella_Bru]

While there is no guarantee, she'd still have had a chance to defend herself. My nana succumbed to lymphoma at the age of 88. She was still fiesty as all hell up until the last few weeks. I have no doubt she could have fired a weapon had she needed too. Being 77 does not necessarily mean too frail.