Posted May 3, 2016 11:00 am by Comments

By Robert Farago

(courtesy The Trace)

We’ve been noticing a concerted effort by proponents of civilian disarmament to entirely discredit the idea of defensive gun use. And for good reason. Most Americans support Second Amendment protections against government infringements on the right to keep and bear arms primarily because they cherish their natural right to self-defense. Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun agitpropagandists have joined the campaign targeting the single greatest impediment to gun control with their article Gun-Rights Advocates Claim Owning a Gun Makes a Woman Safer. The Research Says They’re Wrong. Here’s their opening salvo . . .

. . . the available evidence does not support the conclusion that guns offer women increased protection. Myriad studies show that the NRA and its allies grossly misrepresent the actual dangers women face. It is people they know, not strangers, who pose the greatest threat.

This is what’s called a straw man argument. Truth be told, the NRA and its allies don’t divide threats against women between “people they know” and “people they don’t know.” They simply insist that a gun is the best tool a woman can use for self-defense against anyone, be they an abusive spouse, a burglar or a random rapist. And that anything that …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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