You write, "...firearms are the second most common cause of violent deaths of women..."
I don't believe "firearms" can act on their own to kill anyone. Generally, firearms must be loaded with cartridges and then used by a human to shoot another human.
I think a more correct statement might be something like, "Killers of women used firearms in 22% of their murders." Or even, "Firearms were the second most common means used to kill women by their murderers."
Demonizing an entire class of inanimate objects is taking Alinksy's Rules for Radicals a little far beyond its applicable field.
I suggest we demonize the murderers of women, not the tools by which they are killed.
You miss the POINT! It isn't the gun that kills people it is the criminal that utilizes the gun, knife, car, club or whatever. As a shooter I have never seen a gun jump up off a table and shoot someone on its own. Don't turn this into an anti-gun discussion when the article is showing that a company that fully supports enabling women, such as Smith and Wesson, is trying to do something for women.
S&W is not selling a murderer or a rapist dressed in pink. They are selling a pistol; a tool of self defense. Did you also pulled statistics for women killed or injured at knife point the first time you saw a set of pink kitchen knives? The numbers on violence against women would me much lower if more women carried a good revolver instead of relying on a 911 call IF they have the chance.
Excuse me, but I think it is you who missed the point.
Having actually used the product of the company in question to protect myself from a violent criminal, as well as for more peaceable and recreational purposes, I have to wonder just who is missing the point here, Anne.
Julie Goloski is a veteran, a mother, and an outstanding example of a woman working hard to promote other women in a male dominated sport and industry. She and S&W should be applauded for using the M&P to promote breast cancer awareness and raise funds for breast cancer research.
I note that the article doesn't mention how many women's lives are saved by guns, or cite how many women across the country have obtained training and permits to use a gun for self defense. Whether its self examination to fight cancer or self defense to fight violent crime, you'd think they would support women who defend themselves or opt to excel in sports!
Thanks, Julie. Sorry PRWatch.org opted to have such a short sighted and unfounded reaction to your good efforts.
You write, "...firearms are the second most common cause of violent deaths of women..."
I don't believe "firearms" can act on their own to kill anyone. Generally, firearms must be loaded with cartridges and then used by a human to shoot another human.
I think a more correct statement might be something like, "Killers of women used firearms in 22% of their murders." Or even, "Firearms were the second most common means used to kill women by their murderers."
Demonizing an entire class of inanimate objects is taking Alinksy's Rules for Radicals a little far beyond its applicable field.
I suggest we demonize the murderers of women, not the tools by which they are killed.
You miss the POINT! It isn't the gun that kills people it is the criminal that utilizes the gun, knife, car, club or whatever. As a shooter I have never seen a gun jump up off a table and shoot someone on its own. Don't turn this into an anti-gun discussion when the article is showing that a company that fully supports enabling women, such as Smith and Wesson, is trying to do something for women.
S&W is not selling a murderer or a rapist dressed in pink. They are selling a pistol; a tool of self defense. Did you also pulled statistics for women killed or injured at knife point the first time you saw a set of pink kitchen knives? The numbers on violence against women would me much lower if more women carried a good revolver instead of relying on a 911 call IF they have the chance.
Excuse me, but I think it is you who missed the point.
Having actually used the product of the company in question to protect myself from a violent criminal, as well as for more peaceable and recreational purposes, I have to wonder just who is missing the point here, Anne.
Julie Goloski is a veteran, a mother, and an outstanding example of a woman working hard to promote other women in a male dominated sport and industry. She and S&W should be applauded for using the M&P to promote breast cancer awareness and raise funds for breast cancer research.
I note that the article doesn't mention how many women's lives are saved by guns, or cite how many women across the country have obtained training and permits to use a gun for self defense. Whether its self examination to fight cancer or self defense to fight violent crime, you'd think they would support women who defend themselves or opt to excel in sports!
Thanks, Julie. Sorry PRWatch.org opted to have such a short sighted and unfounded reaction to your good efforts.
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