It's amusing that this article states outright that carrying a gun can "not really" make people safer, because guns are banned in so many places. Instead, Indians need "better policing" and "changing attitudes."
Is there anyone who believes this nonsense? What percentage of the population would need to be police in order to prevent every rape? What change in attitude is going to stop sex-deprived men from acquiring what they are programmed to want more than anything else?
This particular gun won't do much -- you'd have to be more than a good shot to stop a gang rape with a six-shot .22 -- but to claim that personal defense is best delegated to the authorities in these cases is simple nonsense. But perhaps this claim is more palatable to their audience than that they would prefer live with a certain amount of rape and other violence so long as there are no guns being carried around.
Is there anyone who believes this nonsense? What percentage of the population would need to be police in order to prevent every rape? What change in attitude is going to stop sex-deprived men from acquiring what they are programmed to want more than anything else?
This particular gun won't do much -- you'd have to be more than a good shot to stop a gang rape with a six-shot .22 -- but to claim that personal defense is best delegated to the authorities in these cases is simple nonsense. But perhaps this claim is more palatable to their audience than that they would prefer live with a certain amount of rape and other violence so long as there are no guns being carried around.