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Survivors of Rape Speak Out Against Gun Control: ‘I Was Denied the One Equalizing Factor That I Had’

Feb. 26, 2013 9:08pm Tiffany Gabbay

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On his Tuesday evening broadcast, Glenn Beck hosted a special guest panel comprising people who have survived the unspeakable atrocity of rape. What’s more, these guests maintain that their attack might have been prevented if they had been equipped with a means of self-defense. Many of the attacks occurred in gun-free zones, underscoring the reality that people of goodwill were left defenseless, while those with an intent to do harm still found a way to wreak their havoc.

Included on the panel was Amanda Collins, who was raped at gunpoint in a garage situated on her college campus. Her attacker, James Biela, had already raped two other women and murdered a third. He is now serving his sentence on Death Row.

It can and has certainly been argued that Collins, who was trained in the proper use of guns from childhood, could have stopped her attacker had she been carrying a weapon, and perhaps even saved other lives Biela would target next. According to Beck, Collins did in fact own a gun and had a concealed carry license but it was illegal to carry the firearm on her college campus.

“I was denied the one equalizing factor that I had,” she said.

Another panelist, Kim Corban Weeks was attacked and raped in her own home by an intruder. She escaped after convincing her attacker that she would not report the crime, but eerily, he remained at her residence to speak with her for an hour after the incident. Eventually he was apprehended and is now serving 24 years to life. Weeks is now an avid supporter of gun rights and is married to a police officer.

Also on the panel to share her thoughts was Wanda Mills, who, in 1993 was attacked while on a business trip in the town where she grew up. She was assaulted while jogging and abducted at knife-point, dragged into the woods, tied to trees, tortured, raped and worse for six hours. Mills was savvy enough to convince her rapist, Richard Riley, that one day they could fall in love. As soon as she got to the main road and saw her co-worker she screamed that she was alive.

Riley is now serving six life sentences.

Mills explained that even during the trauma, the body and mind is resilient and that she was contemplating a way to free herself the entire time. She is a pro-gun advocate and believe bureaucrats are abusing their power to add more gun laws than are currently in place.

Julie Weil was attacked while picking her up two children from church daycare. In broad daylight she was struck in the head. When she came to, the first question her attacker asked her was whether she believed in God. When she said yes, he replied that she would then have to forgive him for what he was about to do to her and her children, who she was later raped in front of.

Apparently the rapist’s father worked for the ATF and was a deacon for the church. His mother a church secretary.

He was eventually convicted with the help of DNA evidence and is now serving seven consecutive life sentences.

Today, Weil is lobbying for support of legislation dubbed “The Safer Act.” While she does not own a gun, she is a supporter of the Second Amendment.

Also on the panel was Felicia Smith, who was raped on two separate occasions, once at age 19 when she was drugged by an acquaintance and again at age 23 by her gym trainer. While Smith did file a report, her attacker was never convicted of any crime.

Each of these women candidly spoke to Beck at great length about their experiences and views on self-defense as it relates to the Second Amendment.

Survivors make their case for supporting the Second Amendment and criticize recent statements made by Colorado Democrats and Vice President Joe Biden on this contentious issue:

In the segment below, Beck slams the recent suggestions leveled by a Colorado legislator on how women should handle rape:

Below, survivors express their views on a Colorado legislature’s “demeaning” advice to women who are attacked by rapists:

UPDATE:

The entire, gripping episode has now been made available for free. You can watch it below:

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, it’s never too late to get help. Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE or visit the online hotline to chat with a RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) staff member, 24/7.

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

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Comments (129)

Tom K
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:30am
College Women and Men – If you are raped, Call the Sheriff’s Department and report this Crime. Do Not call the Campus Police OR the City Police OR report this Crime to the Student ” Honor ” Court, unless you really want the Dangerous Rapist to go free. The Leftists University of North Carolina Administration is waging their own ” War on Women ” – Read Today’s Blaze !

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- chrisad
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:17pm
  I have a better idea. Don’t get raped in the first place. Carry a gun. I guess you could carry a ballpoint pen. Maybe learn to vomit on command. Defecate all over yourself maybe. But I would recommend the gun. It’s much cleaner and it saves the taxpayers a bunch of money on trial, incarceration, appeals, etc… Sounds like a win-win.
  
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- SavvyCowboy
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 4:17pm
  @chrisad – I agree – get a gun – .38 cal or larger (.45 would be best) and remember, aim center-mass and concentrate on your SECOND shot (squeezing the trigger twice really fast). If you empty your entire clip/cylinder into the rapist, oh well. Just remember to reload.
  
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- drbobh
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:33am
  To All- I don’t know why we are not putting the names of the states and colleges here. Ms. Amanda Collins is an incredibly brave woman who was raped on the campus of the University of Nevada-Reno campus. This week the legislature (which thankfully only meets every other year for only 120 # days) will hear her story again in support of legislation to allow CCW and other off-duty P.O. s to concealed carry on the campuses of the State of Nv. It will, just like last year, not pass due to a Dem. controlled State Senate. Sadly the NFR Rodeo and many other major events take place in arenas and stadiums controlled by the Univesity system right here in Las Vegas minutes from the strip where two rapper “pimps” shot it out Hollywood style right in the busiets intersection on the Las Vegas Strip. One killing the other but collateral damage included a taxicab exploding and incinerating the driver and the pasenger. The Maserati driving rap/pimp is also dead but caused the accident w/ the cab. The other vehicle, Black Range Rover, was recovered a short distance away– but he’s long gone. All of this was supposedly the result of a sec. camera filmed altercation in the Valet part of the Aria Resort (cameras are everywhere in LV- just not enough of them on our Nv. Campuses).The bravery Ms. Collins showed by appearing on nat’l TV and now testifying yet again, is phenominal. The real question is do we just flaunt the law and carry anyway, risking revocation: bettter judged=12 vs.buried=
  
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kadster01
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:14am
I think sites like TheBlaze and Fox need to start up a barrage of stories like this and accuse the left of waging a war against women. At least, in this case, it would be 100% true.

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:14pm
  KAD
  Not just woman
  they want to RAPE US ALL.
  I mean thats the fair thing
  everybody gets some.
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:40pm
  I understand your sentiment, SUNTZU, but I’m not talking about figurative rape. I’m talking about literal rape. Having your taxes increased ain’t quite the same thing as what these women experienced.
  
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- lemonfemale
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:53pm
  Works for me. A gun (and some skill with it) would have been useful to me both times. Not that my experience was ANYWHERE near theirs.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:09pm
  KAD Sorry I was not trying to be figurative
  Just saying that when a gov.
  has power (total) over its subjects
  Rape ,woman children,and yes sometimes men.
  also not All rape is sex,only having power over
  the person being the objective.
  will happen more and more.
  Ive been a Medic over 40 years both civilian and
  Army I’ve seen rape. all above. Their are still some
  alive who were in the Nazi death camps
  ask or read about their stay.
  also have had a sexual-type rape to a family
  member so I think I have a little knowledge of what
  I write.Some time my one liners get my
  in trouble ,But I never learn, I’ll do it again.
  God says rape on the same level as murder
  Penalty-Death
  GOD BLESS
  
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- darylj46
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:32pm
  First of all, I don’t think for the most part that alot of Fox journalists don’t have a clue on guns (calibers,auto or semi auto and what guns that citizens can own without a class 3 license) and how safe they really are. O’Rielly and some others have made remarks that are totally wrong and there stats are wrong. The main stream media definitely don’t have a clue what so ever. I do agree that these stories and the correct info should be brought out. Some of the people I have talked to were astonished at how wrong the media is on this issue. Hannity has more correct info than alot of others.
  
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Miami
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:12am
These are the women our society should be promoting, incredibly strong, non victimized women even after their horrid ordeals. They are blessed, for the way they’ve dealt with and overcome the way they were violated. May the Lord continue to be by their side.

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Inform
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:47am
“Schools have been “Gun Free Zones” since 1990, so why didn’t that stop Adam Lanza either?”
http://www.youargue.com/index.php/34b13zfb27

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- Miami
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:03am
  As was the Colorado Movie theater
  
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- kywillie
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:20am
  Columbine had an armed guard.
  
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- Peeb
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:37am
  HEY KYWILLIE,
  
  DO SOME RESEARCH.
  
  http://www.examiner.com/article/fact-check-columbine-high-s-armed-guard-saved-student-lives
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:32pm
  KYWILLIE
  
  Jack Kennedy,Bobby Kennedy,M.L.King all had security (ARMED )
  what does that tell you.
  Tells Me ,If they want you, they got you.
  Its your choice to be defenseless.But not your right
  to force your choice on me.
  Life is just like the circus
  Pay tour nickle – Take your chance
  
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- Tonto USA
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 2:18am
  There is some definite question whether Lanza was the actual shooter or even if there was a shooting. There are those that question that Sand Hook was an event or a dramatizaton that was foisted on the public as an event. “Piers” the democrap Nazi shill thinks that an AR15 was used at Sandy Hook….even after it was PROVEN that one was not…the AR15 remained in the trunk of a car…..way too many questions abot the verasity or anything originatng n the leftist media….all store are in question. pe has got to be one of the most ugly crimes imagineable…ad women MUST be allowed to deend hemslves as effectively as anyon……and if the use o gun is the equalizing factor….so be it!
  
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Inform
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:44am
“Collins did in fact own a gun and had a concealed carry license but it was illegal to carry the firearm on her college campus.”

These stupid liberals with their bullshht gun free zones. What moron is going to think that a sign posted is going to stop a criminal from committing a crime?

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- kodster5
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:04pm
  None other than our buffoon of a Vice President, Joe Biden. He is the one that wrote and sponsored the legislation that instilled our so-called “gun free zones.” Now, do you understand why he’s so gun control?? He wouldn’t dare admit that his legislation did nothing but make the situation worse!
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 3:59pm
  Its like when you go deer hunting here in W.V.
  if you dont own land to hunt on,
  you look for land that is posted
  Public hunting area
  Always nice to see that sign.
  
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sallyboy6
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:24am
Arms detailed in 2nd Ammendment is to overthrow a govt that turns to Tyranny ! Period ! Glen stop trying to persuade your audience for gun control on shooting a Rapist ! Why? Most women wont kill another human! Mace and tasering his balls will get the job done ! I have hundreds of reasons to have a gun in my home this is one of many ! P.S. if the women hesitates or freezes the perp now gains possession of the gun . Very few people can kill ! Talk is cheap

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:33am
  Sally is aboslutely right. All this crap about guns are “for defense” only is designed to brainwash people into thinking that is what the 2A is all about. It is not. It is about killing tyrants and their goons. Plain ans simple. Nice work.
  
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- team1blazer
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:09am
  Wrong! 2nd is about MY right to protect myself from ALL who would do me harm. That includes rapists, Muslims, govt. shills….
  
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- termyt
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:12am
  It’s a side argument on another very real reason for the right to bear arms, and a valid one. All of the Amendments in the Bill of Right are about opposing tyranny but bringing up the other positive effects of those rights does help cement the argument for them.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:21am
  Team1
  Yours is a astute proclamation, but you see where Sally is going don’t you? 2A is NOT about hunting, or target shooting, or defense against criminals. They are side issues. The main reason is to kill tyrants and their protectors. We are all on the same team here. No pun intended patriot.
  
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- GunPriest
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:47am
  “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
  
  I didn’t realize that ‘protection against tyranny’ could sound so much like ‘security of a free State’. But, by all means, please continue to decide for the rest of us what the Constitution actually means, because these rape victims need to be told that rapists aren’t the actual threat to their security as citizens of a free State, so their possession of firearms is a moot point.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:58am
  Priest,
  No one is trying to decide for anybody what the 2nd amendment means. We just don’t want to get sucked into the commie prog logic that it is about hunting, or self defense. When you open up that line of thinking you are allowing them to control the direction of the argument and thus impose more restrictions on us. Make no mistake. The progs want you dead. Yep, that’s right. Six feet under. Anyone who can offer resistance to their utopian dream is a mortal enemy of theirs. You can talk all the crap that you want. But It is all about control. You can run around looking for rapists if that makes you happy. Me, I am not buying the narrative. Beck is an operative.
  
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- termyt
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:03pm
  I do see where you are going, but I think maintaining a “free State” is more than just about domestic tyranny. Domestic tyranny was the focus of the Founders when they adopted the amendments because that was what they had just shaken off, but we can lose our rights through more than just our own government’s activities.
  
  Murders, thieves, terrorists and foreign invasions are also threats to our Liberty that the right to bear Arms safeguards against.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:21pm
  “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” These are our inalienable rights. Before the 2nd Amendment Bill of Rights even kicks in we have the right to preserve our life by any means available. The 2nd Amendment provides the means to prevent tyranny. While I am unable to cite the SCOTUS ruling regarding the 2nd Amendment, I recall that the SCOTUS ruled that armed preservation of life had an implication in the 2nd Amendment. Unfortunately, I don’t have the citation.
  
  While I agree with you that preventing/overthrowing tyranny is the primary focus of the 2nd Amendment. If I adhere to the well disciplined militia only, I am 65 and thus not part of the militia by law. This begs the question by what language under the 2nd, am I entitled to bear arms. I say I am not. I have the right to bear arms because of my inalienable right to life.
  
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- herdzcatz
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:46pm
  Sallyboy states, “Most women won’t kill another human.” If their lives are in jeopardy, you’d better believe they’ll use whatever means they have handy to stop their attacker. You say they may freeze while bearing arms, yet you also suggest mace or the tasering of balls. Nice. They’ll freeze with a gun but be a pro with mace or a taser (both of which have been proven not to work effectively 100% of the time when hitting a hopped-up druggie or a face-eating zombie!) You use a worn-out generalization in your 1st defense and contradict yourself in your 2nd defense. You’re a sorry representative for both Sallys and for boys.
  
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- DogsLoveFreedom
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:46pm
  @SallyBoy6 I don’t know what women you know, but I do have a concealed carry and having been in that situation, what I’ve told them is get your hands off me or I will kill you. And I will. Period. i think of it as culling the trashy part of our herd. No loss. I’ll bet if it was to protect their kids they would pull the trigger. I do hate to mess up my outfit with blood though. :) That tasering thing well heaven forbid they have their hands on you…self tasering = bad idea. The don’t usually warn you what they are really up to until they are way too close, sucks but it’s true. Easier for a woman to have one of those little Bodyguard pistols in their pocket.
  
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- TheirMom
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 2:02pm
  Most women won’t kill another human….I wouldn’t bet on it if I were you. If it’s me or them I have no problem being the one left standing.
  
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ltb
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:22am
One of the reasons Liberals are gaining ground in America is because Conservatives keep letting them change arguments. THE 2ND AMENDMENT IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING WOMEN FROM RAPISTS AND IT’S NOT ABOUT HUNTING DEER, IT’S ABOUT PROTECTING OURSELVES FROM WANNABE HITLERS. If people abuse the 2nd Amendment by turning weapons on their fellow citizens, that is called “murder” and such people should be tried for murder, but you don’t punish murderers by taking away the rights of law abiding citizens to protect themselves from tyranny.

Our Republican form of government is controlled warfare where the First Amendment allows us to vent by waging oral battles. Take away the First Amendment and we’re forced to rely on the Second Amendment to win those battles. Take away the Second Amendment and the American People have lost the war to tyranny.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:36am
  LTB=HIt ball out of park. Nice work.
  
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- Sosorryforyou
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:16am
  @LTB
  
  Although you are right that the Second Amendment is about “law abiding citizens to protect themselves from tyranny”, in truth, guns are used in today’s society for everything BUT protecting ourselves from tyranny. That is what I think the discussion should be about. Guns are used in all sorts of ways that have nothing to do with the Second Amendment’s intent. That is why the Left is standing up and saying “Whoa”. We do not have problems with the 2nd Amendment’s intention, but we do have problems with how guns are used in this Country. This is a worthy discussion, and one the Left is trying to have.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:26am
  SoSorry,
  Guns are used 2 ways:
  1. By law abiding citizens to defend against tyranny, defense, hunt and sport.
  2. By criminals to threaten, take property and do physical harm to good guys and their families.
  That’s it. What else is there to discuss? We are not giving one stinking inch to the commie pinko progs. Discussion over.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:47pm
  SoSorry
  Where is the gumption to be proactive and enforce any law already on the books? The left has zero balls and takes the easy route of going after the law abiding instead for mere feel good crap. I will grant you both sides are without balls. Think long and hard how your precious left should pursue things-talk about it among yourselves until SS kicks is, but have some decency and try to do things right for a change. You own security just might depend on it.
  
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- Sosorryforyou
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 4:00pm
  @MIL-DOT
  
  And this is why the Left is rightly saying “Whoa”. Only one of those gun uses is allowed in the 2nd Amendment. The rest are not but are the ones used mostly. The Constitution doesn’t give you or anyone the right to use your gun for any of those other uses, but it has been a tradition for Americans to own and use guns in ways not intended by the 2nd Amendment. But, over the years, gun violence has escalated to where we now need to have some discussion on gun violence within the concept of gun ownership. So, my questions to the Right is – Why has it become impossible to have this discussion you, and why when we try, do you call us commie pinko pigs and worse? This issue isn’t about who is right or wrong – it is about what is best for our Country moving forward.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 4:12pm
  So Sorry,
  The reason we call you commie pinko pigs is because that is what you are. You want to control EVERYTHING in our lives. We are sick of it. Mind your own damn business. If you don’t like guns, fine, then don’t own one. We are tired of your incrementalism. We are not giving in one fricking inch to you goons. The reason people are getting killed with guns is because a single demographic is out of control. Take your white ass to Chicago and walk down the street and note the color of the skin of the cretin that beats your brains in. Fact: Good folks use guns responsibly. Fact: Miscreants use them to take property and hurt others. We are not giving up our guns. We will kill you commies if we have to. Get it now?
  
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- 1Rowdy1
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 4:18pm
  @sosorryforyou
  
  You are full of it, you gotta be a left wing troll. The discussion they are trying to have is. Well since guns are causing violent crimes it gives us a valid excuse to take them all away from you incompetent children. When ALL the guns are gone from your hands the country will be safer. When the fact is it will be safer for them to do as they please. The criminals will still have guns. At which point I guess I will be a criminal as well, since if I am still here I will have a gun to protect myself and my family against the real criminals. So go join your fellow commies and stay off of a true conservative site. We do not need your left wing attitude here.
  
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- Sosorryforyou
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:26pm
  WOW – just WOW! No discussion, huh? Just cling to your guns and refuse any meaningful discussion about what to do about the increasing gun violence in this Country. Pretty much what I expected. Truly pathetic. Oh, and by the way Rowdy – NO ONE is coming for your guns. You do know that is a talking point ginned up by the NRA and right-wing media, don’t you? But, I suppose believing that piece of untruth makes it okay to have an attitude like yours. Again, truly pathetic.
  
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- 1Rowdy1
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:10pm
  @sosorryforyou
  
  No, we can have any discussion about many things but not removing guns from law abiding citizens. The Constitution says “shall not be infringed” I took the oath to defend that Constitution against all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC. And I stand by that oath. Much of the control of guns is already an infringement on that Constitution and enough is enough. According to the true meaning behind the second amendment the people are entitled to have arms (not just guns) equal to that the government wields. That means literally, if I can afford it I am allowed to park an ICBM in my yard as a deterrent against the government becoming tyrannical. as time has allowed erosion of these rights we are left with just our hunting rifles while the government can come against us with all manner of full auto weapons, tanks, drones with missiles, and on and on. Why am I no longer allowed to defend my country with similar weaponry? Because that would level the playing field and they would not be able to levy the absurd laws they now pass against us with impunity. Is that conversation enough for you.
  
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GeeWhiz
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:39am
I have never ever met an adult woman who when posed the question, doesn’t have a story of sexual harrassment. I’m NOT talking about having some guy come on to you. I’m talking about unwanted, overt and over the top, inappropriate sexual advances. Half of the women that I know intimately had their virginity taken from them, it was not given up freely. I know a handful of women that were raped sometime in their lifetimes. The youngest was 13 and we were good friends at the time. In broad daylight in a park, near the downtown area of a ‘very nice neighborhood’…

Women should carry if they want to and feel comfortable with it.

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- NigelTufnel
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:02am
  Not to take anything away from women and this informative article,(I did watch the show last night) but you’d be surprised how many men as young boys have received unwanted over-the-top advancements and out-right molestation. It happened to me in the public school system when I was 9. And this was in a small rural conservative area. Monsters lurk everywhere. I thank God for my wonderful and loving parents. I kept it to myself but without their unconditional love I think it would’ve affected me more.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:05am
  When I married my wife 36 years ago she told me she was armed on our first date and it didn’t bother me.Before we met she had to drive 900 miles to go home for the weekend with a .38 laying in the seat. In 4 years in the middle of nowhere guys tried to pull her over 3 times. She pointed the gun at them and they disappeared. One time she pulled around a guy as he slowed down for the 2nd time and as my wife tried to pass him all of a sudden they were doing 80 mph. My wife rolled down her passenger as they were coming to a curve up ahead and was about to shoot when he locked up his Firebirds breaks. Sher never saw him a gain.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:24am
  Leftists prefer rape victims. Victims are easier to rule. They prefer their potential victims to be unarmed so the Leftists don’t get shot when they try to rape them.
  
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Skee
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:39am
A rape occurs every two minutes, think of all the P.O.S’s that could be dispatched,
if every woman carried. It would be a gun toting utopia. Assumimg these guys
work, the unemployment number would drop, due to new job openings. Wn win.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:22am
  It is more important to be situationally aware than to have a gun. Yeah sure, if you can get the drop on the creep, you may win. But I see WAY too many young women walking around completely oblivious to their surroundings They are either plunking around on their stupid phones or listening to headphones just waiting for somebody to grab them. Wake up, stick your head up and look around. Don’ t fall for the old tricks like a person asking for directions, or let a black guy within 100 yards of you . Fact: per capita you are more likelly to be raped by a black guy than any other demographic.
  
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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:09am
  Mil-dot:
  
  You are correct in saying women need to have situational awarness. I would suggest for all women (and men too) to read “Mindhunter”, “Obsession”, and “Journey Into Darkness” by John Douglas. He is a former FBI agent. I learned a lot of very good lessons from these books and have yet to become a victim. Some of the content is very disturbing (he writes, in detail, about rapes and murders and how to not become a victim), but well worth it.
  
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- rockinrobyna
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:00pm
  I agree that awareness is extremely important. As a woman who carries I consider my weapon only one aspect of staying safe. Women who do carry shouldn’t consider themselves invisible just because they have a gun on them. There could be times when you can’t safely and quickly access the weapon. Besides good people never truly want to shoot anyone. I would much prefer to be aware of my surroundings and leave an area that seems suspicious or request an escort to my car than to just put myself in harms way because I have a gun! On the flip side if a situation arises the ability to have a gun to protect myself against someone much stronger is something I’m thankful I can have!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 3:55pm
  Good girl Robyn. You got the right idea. YOU will survive for many years.
  
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Listen_then_think
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:29am
Diane Feinstein is just jealous because no man has ever dreamed of touching her and she wants all women to suffer like she has. It has been her life long goal to take guns away from everyone. She has no other purpose in life. Thanks again to the morons in CA for re-electing her, again.

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Neesey
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:33am
I was 20. And I can guarandamntee you, if I had a weapon and the perp knew it, I would not have been attacked. He had a knife, I had no gun. All is well in my world, because I do not dwell. But, I promise you, it would never have happened.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:29am
  Good girl Nes, You are a trooper. But just remember, the rapist is an anomaly, a statistical error. Most men just want to love the ladies and cherish your company. We are all not animals like these cretins. Don’t let these freaks harden your heart against the good guys. We love you.
  
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- ADNIL
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:33am
  Neesey, I was 16 and physically dragged from a public function (while I struggled and resisted) by a man I did not know (they probably thought it was my father), at dance, in front of many other people, and into a field behind the building. My screams for help only attracted……a crowd of male onlookers who were hanging out in the parking lot smoking cigarettes. Not one helped me or tried to stop the attack. I am glad now that cellphone cameras did not exist at the time.
  
  I did get away
  
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emberlyawake
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:13am
Imagine if we could test this theory in a life sized lab. Take two small neighborhoods completely sealed off from the world and each other. Arm the women of one neighborhood with guns. In the other neighborhood post large signs declaring them Safe Zones and give each woman a shiny new whistle. Next release a rapist/murderer in to each of the neighborhoods.
Would anyone like to come up with a hypothesis of the outcome?

Extra credit question: Into which neighborhood would Feinstein like to let her daughter live in? How about Obama’s daughters?

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:16am
  Answer to extra-credit question:
  Neither. They will live in the castle on the hill, surrounded by armed men with machine guns, wearing dark glasses and scowling.
  
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betterpart
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 3:13am
According to the idiot Joe Salazar, women who ‘feel’ they will be raped or are in the act of being raped—should whistle or have a conversation with their attacker.

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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:49am
I watched the entire hour long segment and I can’t say how enraged I was at the pitiful rape defense mechanisms offered by the left. I will be with my wife and daughters this weekend and I’m going to push real hard for them to get concealed carry permits.

I don’t know if there are words to describe a mother being raped in front of her children; but, I do know that the swift justice of the old west is needed in these situations. Select a hanging jury to hear the testimony presided-over by a hanging judge and see the rapist swinging by sundown. You say I’m a Neanderthal? In my world, the terms serial rapist, serial murderer and serial child molester do not exist.

“Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:09am
  John,
  Be careful my friend. Just because a girl has a gun it is not a guarantee that she will prevail. It is the mind that wins battles, the weapon is just an instrument. You can kill somebody with a sharpened popsicle stick. . A person must be aware of their surroundings first and foremost, and second, one must be willing to shoot another human being, possibly killing them. Most girls I have seen will cry over a broken fingernail or torn stocking. Betting that they will be quicker than a cretin, get the drop and shoot is a gamble. There must be ZERO hesitation or the miscreant now has the gun. You must train the mind just as much as your trigger finger. Just my 2 cents worth brother. Your best defense against a marauder is to not go where they dwell in the first place. Don’t walk alone, or at night, or frequent venues where young males are likely to become intoxicated, don’t trust black guys. Words of wisdom.
  
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Racenuke
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:32am
Holy cow. That is just… no words…. I can’t describe my anger against the attackers. I would gladly kill anyone raping a woman on the streets. I would empty the entire clip of my pistol and maybe even kick his head as hard as I could. No woman deserves rape. Even if they did, no man should ever think of doing it… Sick bastards

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:51am
  Whoa now Race. Holster that heater. You are gonna’ put somebody’s eye out with that thing.
  
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THX-1138
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:25am
God made man. Sam Colt made them equal.

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:50pm
  One of my favorite sayings. Close second is the old Benelli line “in a world of compromise, some men don’t”. Goes for women too.
  
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- Connie Stanson
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:54pm
  If everyone had a gun, there would NOT be as many Raps. Period. I believe anyone who would take protection away from people is a Control Freak. I was raped three times in my life. The first time I was 9 the last time I was 15. I am an older woman now, and I know sick rapist don’t care how old you are, or what you look like or even your gender. But BY GOD I will NEVER BE Raped again and may GOD have Mercy on ME if someone tries.
  
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Jrocks
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:11pm
These comments coming from Colorado about telling your attacker you have herpes or urinate on them or maybe vomit to stop a rape is just crazy. Nine times out of ten rape is about power and control not sexual pleasure.

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Verceofreason
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:08pm
Another NON issue.
Any one of these women is free to buy a gun.
Really

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- AxelPhantom
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:21pm
  The point is that while they are free to purchase a gun, at least in one case, they were not free to carry a gun at the time they were attacked as it was a “gun free zone”.
  
  Some idiot special interest group and politician thought it was a good idea to make sure the criminals would rest easy knowing that their target would not be able to fight back with equal or greater force.
  
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- Jrocks
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:34pm
  I guess you didnt listen to the video or understand the content because one of the women owned a gun, but was on a campus that was a gun free zone. The context of the whole story was if guns become very restrictive because of stupid gun laws, women like these victoms cannot protect themselves properly thats all.
  
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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:58am
  Hey Verce,
  
  Where do you get your logic, off the back of “Special O” cereal boxes?
  
  No kidding, approach a local community college and take a few courses in history and logic. Either your mammie dropped you on your head or you played way too much rugby.
  
  “Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:04am
  Leftists don’t want women armed because they don’t want their rapist voters to be harmed, or to take the chance that they, themselves will be shot by some women they want to rape or sodomize.
  
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- Sweetrae
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:26am
  Obviously by your idiotic comments, you are a male and an stupid liberal one at that. It’s liberal statist’s who have armed body guards and live in gated communities that think they know what’s best for the rest of us. Well to you and the rest of you liberal morons: You can kiss my azz, and I prefer the cops drawing a chalk an outline of my attacker or following a blood trail to a body or hospital.
  
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- team1blazer
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:14am
  Except in Commifornia, NYC, Chicago, Mass……get some facts before you post your lies IDIOT.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:19am
  You are seriously braindead. These women were raped in “safe zones” in places they weren’t allowed to own or carry them. Pay attention, prog.
  
  Though, you are paying attention. We know you don’t care when women are raped. You salivate when women are victimized. You hate the fact that a woman can fight back against you when you force yourself on them.
  
  I can’t wait to hunt you on the battlefield. It shall be my greatest pleasure to watch you bleed out.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:40am
  The entire premise of the “gun free zone” is that it is THE GUN that causes the violence, not the human being wielding it. They believe just the very act of carrying a gun causes that person to somehow become deranged and want to hurt others. That is the core of the prog’s argument. Take that away and they have nothing of substance. So they must demonize the instrument, not the person. A GFZ is nothing more than an announcement to the verminous that those present are available to be victimized while offering the least resistance.
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:52am
  99% of college rapes are date rapes.
  So neither party would have a gun.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:59pm
  Verceofreason
  99% of college rapes are date rapes.
  ***
  
  I believe it is between 50 & 80%. It is high. But Verce since you were going to exaggerate so much as to make Saddam Hussein’s hyperbole a piker why did you not say 100%?
  
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RaydocX
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:01pm
They should have held the iscusdion in senator feinsteins office…nor combos or the overnor of olorado, or te house floor in Washington or missouri. Hell, invite piers o he can see a successful show in action, too.

The Dems re fiddling around about this while the economy falters, and while the last democratic ‘mandte’, Obamacare, is being exposed as a total disaster.

They plan to use te economy and sequestration to take bad congreve, but the continued attacks on our rights preferentially over work they should be doing may just trip them up.

Molon labe!

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AxelPhantom
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:51pm
Thank-you Glenn and women for doing this show. These politicians need to think before they open their big mouths.

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ChiefJC
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:18pm
My wife carries a tazzer… setting it off for me is like racking a shotgun. A pint of blood leaves my body every time she sets it off. She wants a pistol and I think it would be okay for her though I think something tiny, like a .22 pistol would be easy for her to conceal and use without much notice even close up. She could also target practice cheaply. Every time I hear my wife talk about getting a pistol I think of the woman playing Don Knots mother in “The Shakiest Gun in the West” She pulls a cannon out of her purse. Tactically I don’t think you could pull something like that out quickly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBNHjTPCE24

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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:42pm
  .22 is not enough. I suggest a Ruger LCP. Its a .380 ACP, and it kicks a bit more than a .22; but it is manageable. My wife has been training with a Walther P22 (.22 caliber); but I think she is ready to step up to a .380.
  
  What is important, is STOPPING power…and a .22 just doesn’t do it. Yes, a .22 is deadly, but man, I want my wife to be able to STOP an attack RIGHT NOW! Heck, if we take Biden’s advice and I could give my wife a 12 guage shotgun that would fit in her purse, that would be awesome. But that just isn’t going to happen. To be honest, I would rather my wife had a .45…and perhaps I’ll get her to that point.
  
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- lovenfl3
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:46pm
  My ife carries pepper spray, but a taser would work too. Bottom line is that a pistol is always the great equalizer.
  
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- AxelPhantom
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:03pm
  Chief,
  
  I am 5’4″ and my gun is a baby glock. It is a 9mm and fits nicely between my hip and my ribcage when I am sitting. It may be a little harder to fire (my springfield .45 is much smoother with less kick) accurately, but it fits me for carry (a lot of practice helps).
  
  With the loads and types of ammo they have these days, a 9mm can get the job done. In the end the best gun for somene is always the one that they can consistantly cluster 3 rounds in a 3″ box.
  
  Each woman is different. Let her find the one that is right for her (my husband took me out for our anniversary to dinner and then a gun range to try out a bunch of different ones)
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:16am
  Please don’t call them “baby Glock” . That is idiotic.
  
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- AxelPhantom
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:44am
  Sorry Mildot, but most people who do not know the glock series well, will know it by that name. Besides, the name fits. It is a small version and women tend to like it, I believe that it was develoed by glock specifically for women. Call it marketing.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:47am
  Axel,
  Point taken, it has just always annoyed me. My G27 is far from being anything even remotely resembling a “baby”. Sorry about the harsh tone. Carry on patriot.
  
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- 1Rowdy1
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:48pm
  I am a CCW instructor and the primary weapon I recommend for everyone is a S&W airweight .38 special +P IF the lady’s feel they can handle it. I have had many that just felt it was too much when they first shot it but by the end of the classes wanted one. It is small (easily concealable and light weight yet quite powerful) I have my wife and both daughters as well as myself carrying one and I load the first round with a shot capsule loaded with # 6 shot and the rest are gold dot hollow points loaded hot. The shot is non lethal in most cases and the lady’s are much more likely to use it with impunity. As I get them more used to the idea I add a little less shot and drop in last a single 00buck pellet which is a .32 cal round ball and adds a little more lethality to the load, as well as causing the shot to disperse to a wider pattern sooner, making it much more likely to be effective. In most incidents when a lady pulls a gun the prep’s eyes get big as he looks at the weapon which I teach is the instant that it is fired directly at the face. Now the perp is most likely blind and of much less threat. If they feel the need for more affirmative action the next round well placed should do the job. I know I am considered an animal by many but I feel like my women and myself are much safer in today’s world for it. Perps beware in the area where I live you would be amazed at the number of women that are carrying and are really good shots, and very serious about their safe
  
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MDECKER
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 9:25pm
Per Sen. Diane Feinstein, these women’s personal security is nothing more than “personal pleasure”.

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:07pm
  Fienkenstein could only get someone to attack her by hanging a steak around her neck and throwing herself at zombies, even then she gave all the zombies the clap.
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:09pm
  Any one of these women is free to buy a gun.
  What’s your point?
  
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- spirited
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:57pm
  Goo be gone
  
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- MCON29
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:46am
  @Verceofreason
  
  Certainly you must know that you make absolutely no sense what so ever. Or can you really be that brainwashed and ignorant?
  
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- Mapricenc
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 3:31pm
  MCON, read some of her comments on other stories. YES…she’s really that stupid!!
  
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Tigress1
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 9:20pm
Progressives always seem to want to “level the playing field”, except for when it comes to self-defense. Then Progressives view the attacker as the “victim”. If you can’t understand this, that’s OK. It doesn’t make one bit of sense, but that’s how Progressives think.

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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 9:53pm
  They make money off of crime. It is their rice bowl.
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:02pm
  Beachmaster…… gun manufactures make money off every gun crime ever if u wish to use your logic. but i dont buy your logic.
  
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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:22pm
  @comfort
  You just better hope the next tragedy that could have been avoided should justice had been served earlier does not effect you and yourn. Then my logic would become quite clear.
  
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Sharon Rose
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 9:18pm
These brave women should go before congress & present their case & tell their story just like Sandra Fluke. She fought for condoms, hopefully these women will fight for guns.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:30am
  Sharon Rose;
  
  Congress doesn’t care about these type of women.
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 9:17pm
I think every one of these politicians that want to take away guns from people should be forced to go through a rape, and I mean a full, violent rape. Then they should feel free to vote however they want after that, and I think I know the perfect rapist, Micheal Moore.

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- I_AM_HARRISON_BERGERON
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 9:32pm
  Darmok, the only way to lure Michael Moore into a sexual encounter is to Duct Tape a Taco Bell between the victims legs.
  
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- SysAdminPgh
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 3:33pm
  That won’t fly! That is just plain sick and if the US can’t water board how can it allow this? I’d rather see him deported to a nice warm place like… Northern Africa where he can open his mouth ONCE and it never again open.
  
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