Pro Gun and Anti Bully Scott Adams Tells It Like He Sees It
In his recent blog post, (shown below) Scott Adams has raised some very valid points in regards to gun ownership that should be considered by every gun control activist who would have America disarmed. Adams calls attention to the statistic that 20% of women attending college will be sexually assaulted, this is an absolutely horrible thought and something we should all be considering when we talk about campus carry.
There is another key point to his post along the lines of the society we live in today: “I favor legal gun ownership as a psychological defense against the health stress caused by the bullies, sexual offenders, and psychos living among us.” Adams says in an update to his post.
This is an all too important point that gun control activists need to consider when they attack our rights. Legal gun ownership does literally nothing to endanger these activists and in a lot of cases actually makes even them safer. The “common sense” measures they are constantly calling for have little sense at all within them as these measures do nothing to deter criminals but rather limit our ability to protect ourselves and create more of “soft target’ society for the criminals.
Gun ownership is very important in America and could be the one equalizing factor on college campuses which could actually do something to decrease that 20% statistic which Adams refers to. I do not know of any other method which will do something to actually change the number of these types of crimes aside from self defense. This self defense in my opinion should include firearm training and carry but should also be centered around training which includes hand to hand training as well as training with alternative weapons.
Living Among Men by Scott Adams
I can’t imagine being a woman living among men. It sounds horrible. For starters, there’s a stat that 20% of women in college will be sexually assaulted. Apparently it is dangerous for women to be around men … in general.
Contrast that with being a guy. When I encounter a dangerous situation, my first thought is to feel sorry for my future attacker. I’m smallish, so I calculate that once I get him down I’ll have to finish the job so he doesn’t get up again. I feel sorry for my would-be attacker even before I kill him in my imagination.
I didn’t say I manage risk well. I’m just saying I don’t feel as if I am in physical danger from other humans, at least in normal situations. That’s just one advantage of being a guy.
As a man, I have no memory of ever being afraid just because I was alone and in the wrong place. And I lived in a high-crime area in San Francisco for years. I figured my worst-case scenario was getting mugged and losing my decoy wallet and the $20 I kept in it. But I only got mugged on the street once. And my apartment only got ransacked and robbed once. My Plymouth Colt, parked on the street, was less lucky, losing its driver-side window and stereo three times. It was that sort of neighborhood. Still, I never felt I was in great danger. I can’t imagine how the women living in that neighborhood felt. That must have been scary.
I belong to a gym, and I noticed that men are able to look up, and look around, and generally enjoy the visual totality of the room they are in. But women have to look down, or at a fixed spot, to avoid eye contact with the men in the gym. I assume any show of friendliness results in unwanted conversations and a ruined workout. If I were a woman, I would never go to a gym if I could not make eye contact with the other people. What must that be like? I can’t even imagine.
If I were a woman, I would feel like a victim, or potential victim, 24-hours a day. I guess people can get used to anything, but I’m glad that isn’t on my list of things to worry about.
My question for the men: Do you ever feel in physical danger from other people?
My question for women: How often are you afraid of danger (from men) during a normal day?
Update: On a related topic, I favor legal gun ownership as a psychological defense against the health stress caused by the bullies, sexual offenders, and psychos living among us. I acknowledge the trade-offs and risks of legal gun ownership and regret every unnecessary gun casualty. But on the plus side, I never want to feel afraid of anyone whose address I can find. That country doesn’t work for me.
I wonder what the rate of bullying is in England compared to America. If we don’t know that difference, and why, then the math of gun control is not yet complete. Bullying ruins lives too. I’m not saying that should be the single biggest factor in gun control, but without that data, how can you form a complete opinion?
