dianavan: Tell her to get rid of it! She might actually defend herself- instead of waiting for the police to show up and protect her...

Bobert:" It's now 2:1 that she gets murdered"- not quite- What was the chance she would be murdered without one? Or raped? if it was 1 in 10000, and you were right about the chances doubling, it would now be 1 in 5000, NOT 2:1. But how many people would not be killed because the attacker was scared off by the gun, and went looking for some unarmed person to kill? You need to give a source for your numbers, if you want them believed.

Sturgeon's Revelation= "90% of everything is crude" ( including the 10% left, recursively)