This is why more women should carry

[rDigital]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/17/lo ... latestnews

A Louisiana college student desperately tried to fend off her killer by spraying him with mace and even stabbing him several times with his own knife before he fatally shot her, according to details revealed Friday in a guilty plea hearing.

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It's not that she lacked the will to fight, it's just that she was over powered by this cretin. If she had been lawfully carrying a firearm, things may have been quite different.

[techguy85]

I hate reading stories like this. I wish she had been carrying and had centerpunched him with her handgun the minute he threatened her life.

[deanimator]

Toby Hoover would probably say that she's better off with what happened, because if she'd had a gun she might have gotten shot...

[Mustang380gal]

I so hate to hear people say, "oh, but if she had a gun, he'd just take it away and shoot her with it."

Evidence doesn't support that.

What I have read is that if a woman fights back, it better be with a handgun, because any other fighting will get her killed. The gun is the only thing that stops attacks, with or without being fired.

[deanimator]

What I have read is that if a woman fights back, it better be with a handgun, because any other fighting will get her killed. The gun is the only thing that stops attacks, with or without being fired.

But I saw this documentary, "Xena, Warrior Princess", and she NEVER needed a gun to defeat anywhere up to fifty larger, stronger male opponents...

[SC-JG]

1.) Situational awareness.... She should NOT have be walking or riding her bicycle home alone, especially in the early AM/late at night.

2.) Never get in the vehicle......odds are really high at you are going to die if you get in that car/truck. The BG doesn't really want to kill you where you are at, and THAT is the main reason they want to get you in the vehicle- to rape and/or kill you someplace else. Do anything and everything to not go anywhere.

3.) Yep, she should have had a gun. In this case, it sounds as if he proved himself to be a threat before he was within arms reach of her. So, she could have shot him before he got close enough have a chance at getting the gun.