[Manish Boy]

In 1998, for every time a woman used a handgun to kill a stranger in self-defense, 302 woman were murdered with a handgun.

Hmm, that sounds like more women need handguns and self defense training. More on the first side would probably reduce the number on the second.

[SWO]

In 1998, for every time a woman used a handgun to kill a stranger in self-defense, 302 woman were murdered with a handgun.


So let's see a more accurate headline would be;
In 1998, 302 UNARMED woman were murdered with a handgun, for every time an ARMED woman used a handgun to kill a stranger in self-defense.

[Pinetop]

Your nom de plum is one of my favorite Muddy Waters' records.

But, on point, I think women do need training in threat assessment and self defense. Obviously many are unable to recognize the threat posed by their spouse, ex, boyfriend or Ted Bundy predator. If she should get a gun, her intimate partner knows where it is kept or wrestles it away from them and ka-pow.

I remember for awhile there was this cool mag "Women and Guns". One particularly striking cover was of this brunette in a bright blue evening gown, bending over to hike up her skirt to draw her revolver from the ankle holster. Unfortunately for most women, she would never have gotten this far unless her assailant was asleep.

Talkin' 'bout my generation.

[Straight Vermonter]

The 1996 study Guns in America found that only 6.6 percent of adult American women owned a handgun—less than one out of every 10 women. < snip>In 1998, for every time a woman used a handgun to kill a stranger in self-defense, 302 woman were murdered with a handgun.

First they say how few women own handguns and then they say how seldom women are able to defend themselves with handguns. Sounds like their conclusions from these statistics are 180 degress from my own.