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From: cindy@solan.unit.no (Cindy Kandolf)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Rape on bicycle path
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.213817*cindy@solan.unit.no>
Date: 10 Jun 91 14:15:18 GMT
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i think i know why that book recommended not using a hand gun.  any
weapon you carry can be taken from you and used against you.  it
wouldn't be too hard for a large attacker to get a hand gun from a
"small, weak" woman, then use it to threaten or shoot her.  hence an
attacker who may or may not have been armed is now definitely armed.
this is why a lot of literature on protecting yourself tells you to
learn self-defense that can be done without weapons.

-cindy kandolf
 cindy@solan.unit.no
 trondheim, norway