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		qball on Sept 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study fin... Because "in case of emergency, press button" works when issued from the hands of a 5' 110-pound woman against a 7' 250-pound man in a way that the other options simply do not.

garmaine on Sept 20, 2021 [–]

Guns aren’t as simple as “in case of emergency, push button” and stopping power for handguns is nonexistent.

If you want a defensive weapon that is easy to use and hard to screw up, buy mace. If you want stopping power, buy a taser.

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