But when you get old, you have a tougher time dealing with stupidity no matter if you are supposed to get used to it.
Versus
Somehow, there is this deluded notion that women are not only incapable of operating a simple mechanical device, but for some magical reason, such device will make paralyze them in abject fear at the presence of an attacker who would then proceed to remove the apparatus and used it against them.
However, if the same woman were to face a vastly physically superior attacker (or multiple attackers) and engage them in hand-to-hand combat, the woman will sprout both a cape and an “S” on her chest and proceed to whup any comers with her mad fighting skills learned in an 4 hour “empowering” class at the community center.
I apologize for the rant. It must be Monday.
Oklahoma mom with gun
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/okla-mom-sarah-mckinley-wont-face-charges-for-shooting-intruder/
Vs.
NJ mom without gun
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Nanny-Cam-Intruder-Attack-Suspect-Shawn-Custis-Newark-213574601.html
‘Nuff said.
One of my HS classmates 5 foot nothing, blew a would be home invader/rapist back through the screen door when she was 17 with a SxS 12 ga… She handled it just fine, and has never lost a night’s sleep over the asshole…
Most of the women I know happily operate computers and smart phones every day. I know my iPhone is much more complicated than any of my firearms are.
I suppose this author doesn’t think women should be allowed to be cops then.
My wife is nearly a foot shorter than I, and I’m not a big guy. While I have no doubt she can fight like a cornered cat – complete with teeth, claws, eye-gougings, and kicks to the groin – in a hand-to-hand confrontation, why risk it when there’s a perfectly good .380 nearby?
And RE: Jay Hafemeister’s comment above: It’s pretty condescending to say that women can use computers and smartphones with the best of men, but are incapable of operating a proven mechanical device with a laughably-simple point-and-click interface.