Agreed, but never underestimate a wingnut’s power to think magically. For all I know, she may believe that by having a gun today, she could have used it to defend herself back then. That’s actually not much more outlandish then their confident insistence that their gun will always win the day when someone else with their own gun has the same chances.
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It’s like she’s never watched those movies where the good guy is hiding in the shadows while the goon is creeping about, searching for him, handgun drawn, peering side to side because he knows someone’s out there. A bird chirps, or a twig snaps, or a pebble is thrown; we hear a sharp intake of breath as the good guy leaps out and grabs the gunman by the arm with one hand and by the trigger finger with the other. Perhaps a shot is fired (never hitting that innocent bystander just coming out of the toilet); perhaps a struggle ensues. But the bad guy with the gun, taken off guard, no longer has the gun. The hero exhales heavily, and standing over him, regains his composure enough to say: Now I’ve got ya!
Except in this case she’s the nutball using her handgun like a flashlight as she makes her way from car to rest stop and the wannabe rapist is the one who ambushes and disarms her nevertheless.
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Ahhh-yup.