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Does the Left Ignore a Woman’s Choice When It Comes to Gun Rights?

Feb. 20, 2013 9:07pm Christopher Santarelli

As Democrats have pushed for tougher gun laws after a string of well publicized shootings last year, several overzealous lawmakers have made news. Vice President Joe Biden is facing some negative press and pressure from the left for being inconsistent with the administration’s gun control message by encouraging viewers during an interview with Parents Magazine to buy a shotgun to protect themselves rather than an assault rifle.

Biden explained how he told his wife to go out on the balcony with their double barreled Remington if there were ever trouble at home when he was not there. In Colorado, a state Democratic lawmaker is in hot water for claiming a woman wouldn’t need a gun to protect herself from rape because “you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped.”

These comments have drawn criticism from conservatives that consider it hypocritical for Democrats who exclaim the existence of a GOP “War on Women,” to then dictate how women should defend themselves. S.E. Cupp writes on TheBlaze contributor page:

What no one’s asking is, Why is it okay for men to tell women how to defend themselves?

Biden is hardly alone in this. Obviously there are hundreds of men in Congress and thousands in state legislatures who regularly craft laws on women’s self-defense issues, and many of them, I’m sure, do so from an earnest and compassionate place.

But doesn’t the “my body, my choice” mantra on the left cover my ability to save my body from rape and death? Or is it only my body and my choice when I’ve created another person, with another person?

On ‘Real News‘ Wednesday the panel discussed the left’s willingness to vilify the right for a patriarchal approach toward women in the context of healthcare and abortion rights, while at the same fighting for their right to tell women what to do when it comes to the protections of the Second Amendment.

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Comments (11)

trytree
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:31pm
Liberals think women are sheep, idle brained, and easily swayed, incapable, which in truth many have been.. They have been goggle eyed, and stupid when it comes to Obama and women’s rights. I asked a friend why she voted Obama, her response was women’s rights… The fact is we have no more rights, right now than we did in the 70′s, except to kill our own children..Actually we have less. Now we are expected to be a man, raise our children alone, learn to be both parents and work.. Now that the women are starting to wake up to the Liberal/Obama ploy, they are showing exactly what they think of us. I have encountered men who felt women are inferior, they have been black, white, etc.. but these people bring it to new heights. As women, we need to start acting like the power we can be, as the tigress defending her cubs. Let those people know they are treading precariously on the edge. They are not my God.. “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” We have the God given rights we need, use them. My right is to protect my children and teach them proper as I see fit, my husbands right is to protect me. As a US citizen, we have a right to choose how we defend ourselves, teach our children, a right to work and keep what we earn, believe what we choose to believe without interference from the government. We need to guard jealously those rights. get involved, do whatever we have to do. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, then start squeaking people. Liberals do!!!

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RoseAmerica
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:01pm
It seems that it is a convenience idealogy, applied where it suits and either ignored or made exceptions for if it doesn’t. Women’s rights don’t apply for instance to standing up against the oppression of women in Islam because that would mean criticizing Muslims, and a female’s right to take the life of another female who is the most vulnerable of all females, an unborn baby…also contradicts all this grand justice Liberal pose. Liberals try so hard to paint themselves as righteous and caring, but not if it costs them something.

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pg3712
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:12am
The two aren’t connected. I’m on the right and i say a woman should have the choice to defend herself but not the choice to kill an unborn child. These kind of arguments where we do the same thing but in reverse frustrate me. I guess the point is that the left and right agree that not all issues are about choice?

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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:29am
  The left has never been supported WOMEN EVER the left supports LEFTIST IDEAOLOGIES. And that also goes for” women” groups like NOW . NOW is not a womens group they are a LEFTIST GROUP that only supports women that are alligned with their POLICTICAL AGENDA.
  WAKE UP WOMEN
  
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- JRook
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:10am
  “Why is it okay for men to tell women how to defend themselves” Wow as usual S E Cupp is so deep. Perhaps she should take notice that there are a rather large group of women members of congress who support reasonable gun restrictions, renewal of the AR ban, 100% background checks and 100% gun registration. How sad is it that SE Cupp can be bought off to put forth such an ignorant claim or even worse actually believes some part of her nonsense.
  
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FiscalBill
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:55am
“I told my wife…go out there on the balcony and fire two warning shots.” A stupendously stupid idea considering there are dudes with automatic weapons stationed in and outside of the home which makes this the dumbest advice Ive ever heard or a flat out lie. You be the judge.

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hempstead1944
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:54am
This is a rhetorical question………

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betterpart
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:36am
The Democratic Hypocrites Club always end up tripping over their own tongues.

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- jettson
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:50am
  There is know reason to ask this question. Now what do you think ???? Thay don’t care about anyone but BOZO
  
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mr_ness
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:37am
but I thought they were all about pro choice
(said as sacastically as possible)

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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:33am
  If that choice will eliminate another prisoner generating 58,000 plus a year in tax revenues for the big government criminal warehousing programs…they’re against it.
  
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