Logical arguments promoting the Second Amendment do not work for the Left. They cannot back up gun control legislation with facts so they resort to ridiculous opinions about why the freedom to own a gun is a crime. And now, they are perpetuating the “divide and conquer” mentality of the Obama administration by claiming women don’t have the guts, the intelligence, or the strength to defend themselves with a firearm.
Our Second Amendment rights are hanging by a thread, but to hear Democrats talk about it, women should surrender their guns immediately, before somebody gets hurt. The worst comments are coming out of Colorado, where Sen. Jessie Ulibarri suggested that women use ballpoint pens to stab the gunman as he stops to reload. Rep. Paul Rosenthal helpfully suggested the buddy system, or learning judo.
However, over in the Colorado Senate, Evie Hudak seemed to disagree with Rosenthal. As a 25-year-old rape victim stood in front of her and argued that the attack—which occurred on a college campus—would not have occurred had she been able to defend herself with a gun, Senator Hudak said:
“You said that you were a martial arts student, I mean person, experienced in taekwondo, and yet because this individual was so large, was able to overcome you, even with your skills. And chances are that if you had had a gun, then he would have been able to get that from you and possibly use it against you.”
So, darn it all, what is a poor gal to do? If martial arts won’t work, and the attacker is likely to take your gun away from you, how is a little lady supposed to fend off danger?
At State University of New York at Plattsburgh, women are told to use “passive resistance,” such as vomiting, urinating or telling the attacker you are sick. At Oregon State, women are encouraged to say they are sick or pregnant. And the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh tells them to act “emotionally unstable.”
And Colorado Rep. Joe Salazar pointed out that women might not even be able to gauge correctly whether or not they are truly in danger. He said, “Because you just don’t know who you’re going to be shooting at. And you don’t know if you feel like you’re going to be raped, or if you feel like someone’s been following you around, or if you feel like you’re in trouble when you may actually not be…”
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The Left blames global warming. They blame the NRA. They blame the Second Amendment, and they blame women. They blame everyone for gun violence except the criminals.
The Second Amendment to our Constitution applies to all American citizens, not just the ones the Left deems worthy of its protection.
After Senator Hudak told Ms. Amanda Collins, the rape victim, that statistics were not on her side and her “assault would likely had been worse had she been armed with a gun,” Ms. Collins responded by saying:
“Respectfully, senator, you weren’t there. Had I been carrying concealed, he wouldn’t have known I had my weapon; and I was there. I know without a doubt in my mind at some point I would’ve been able to stop my attack by using my firearm.”
When legislators begin to argue that it is better to be raped than to carry a gun, you know we are falling farther and farther away from freedom. Every single Member of Congress needs to know that we will not compromise our Constitutional rights, and we will hold those who do accountable in 2014, 2016, and beyond.
Demand Congress honors the rights we are guaranteed under the Constitution. Because women like Ms. Collins are lucky; although she suffered a brutal assault, she lived to tell her tale. Another woman was not so lucky: the rapist who attacked Ms. Collins killed her. As that victim’s family mourns their loss, Ms. Collins is forced to fight for the right to defend herself in the face of Senator Hudak’s ignorance.
There is a war on women, indeed.
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