help refute this argument?

Before you do anything rash, I disagree very STRONGLY with those who've said you have to get a new girlfriend. You MIGHT have to, but my fiance was much the same way last year and has now been strongly pro-rights for quite awhile. Of course, it helps that she thinks shooting .22's is fun. But it IS possible for such a woman to change her stripes when she's shown the truth. Just don't try to force it and don't let her pretend for your sake.
Good luck.
 
Thanks to everyone who responded. =)

Didn't expect such a wide turnout -- amazing how TFL works.

I'll re-read some of these arguments and bring some of them up again sometime (preferably when we're both feeling less stubborn as well as not driving along the highway...oops ;) )

*grin* Regards to everyone who suggested "anchors up" -- but so far, I don't think I need to take drastic measures. She's already agreed to try a .22 when we have more time (I think I scared the wahoos out of her last time I went to the range to practice 9mm...)

Again, thanks to everyone. I think some of these will help change her mind (the 71% of rapes committed w/o any weapon is _really_ shocking...)

-Jon
 
Actually, I think the exact opposite is the case- the better armed the crook, the less likely the victim is to be hurt during a robbery. Persons robbed by unarmed victims are hurt the most, then knives, and lastly guns. I have read this is actually the case.

Possiblities- a robbery victim is more likely to comply when faced with a gun versus other weapons, or maybe the kind of people who rob with knives or unarmed are a bit more violent.
 
The point is, whether a perp is armed with a gun, knife, or nothing, the fact that they are committing violence against another is bad, regardless of what weapon used. I don't see how people can say that it's better to be attacked with a gun or a knife or this and that when they shouldn't be attacked at all.

It seems nowadays that criminals are so violent that they will shoot, stab, beat the victim regardless if the victim complies. The victim might as well resist because they might as well die fighting rather than being executed.
 
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