Yesterday I ran into an old High School friend who I haven't seen in 20 years. We went to lunch at a nice restaurant and when she suggested I remove my jacket, I told her I couldn't because of my concealed pistol would show.
She wasn't horrified or alarmed but she told me about what happened to her a few years after graduation. She moved to Little Rock for a better paying job but had to move in to a bad part of town until she could afford a better place. Her father instead of giving or loaning her the money for a better neighborhood instead bought her a Lorcin pistol for "self defence". He just gave her the pistol and a box of ammo and that was it, no range time, no instuction, he did not even test fire the gun. She told me that eventually a co-worker showed her how to load it and offered to take her to a range, but she never took him up on the offer.
About six months after starting her job and moving into her new apartment a man entered her apartment around 3:00am and cornered her in the bedroom. She pointed the gun at him and he pulled out a knife telling her to drop the gun or he would kill her. She dropped the gun. He robbed, beat, and raped her telling her he would be back.
I asked if the gun malfunctioned and she told me that she "just could not pull the trigger on another human being". She has been through counciling and still has problems. I asked her if she could now after what she had been through and she replied that she still wasn't sure.
Later I asked my sister who has a CCW permit, if she could pull the trigger. She said "Yes, I'm 4'8" 90pounds and wouldn't stand a chance against a man." At least I know my sister doesn't think a gun is a magic talisman and is willing to shoot to protect herself.
She wasn't horrified or alarmed but she told me about what happened to her a few years after graduation. She moved to Little Rock for a better paying job but had to move in to a bad part of town until she could afford a better place. Her father instead of giving or loaning her the money for a better neighborhood instead bought her a Lorcin pistol for "self defence". He just gave her the pistol and a box of ammo and that was it, no range time, no instuction, he did not even test fire the gun. She told me that eventually a co-worker showed her how to load it and offered to take her to a range, but she never took him up on the offer.
About six months after starting her job and moving into her new apartment a man entered her apartment around 3:00am and cornered her in the bedroom. She pointed the gun at him and he pulled out a knife telling her to drop the gun or he would kill her. She dropped the gun. He robbed, beat, and raped her telling her he would be back.
I asked if the gun malfunctioned and she told me that she "just could not pull the trigger on another human being". She has been through counciling and still has problems. I asked her if she could now after what she had been through and she replied that she still wasn't sure.
Later I asked my sister who has a CCW permit, if she could pull the trigger. She said "Yes, I'm 4'8" 90pounds and wouldn't stand a chance against a man." At least I know my sister doesn't think a gun is a magic talisman and is willing to shoot to protect herself.