The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: Fatman on July 18, 2010, 10:23:05 AM
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Love this! And sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Moms pack many things—endless lunches, bottles, diapers, snacks, toys, wipes, overdue library books, and of course kids.
But does a responsible mom also pack a gun?
The question was recently raised on the website BabyCenter, which chronicles all things motherhood, from conception to inconceivably picky eaters and back-talking three year olds.
On the site, a mom blogger described the terrifying experience of a mother who was attacked at home in a safe neighborhood by a rapist with a gun. The woman fought, the attacker fled, and the blogger posed a question: “Do you think that every mother should own a gun?”
The point-blank debate about point-blank defense revealed that some moms are packing heat.
“I carry a Keltec 380 (small pistol) on my hip everyday,” revealed a mother of a one year old and a two year old. “I feel comfortable knowing that I will be able to defend my kids and I if we are in a life-threatening situation.”
Another mother—eight months pregnant and with a toddler—wrote that her husband works the night shift, and “our gun is the only way I could defend myself and my children should someone intend to do us harm.”
And there was this disclosure from a police officer mom: “I keep a loaded 9mm in my Coach diaper bag.”
Suddenly, it seems, mothers with guns are everywhere--movie star moms included. Recent news reports quote actress Angelina Jolie as saying she keeps a gun at home for security, and that “if anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them.”
Tell us what you think: Should a mother’s responsibility to protect her children include having a gun?
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BTW, Progressive funds anti-gun causes, I'd reconsider any money you send them for insurance...
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Well...finally a Do it for the Children movement I can like.
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Don't know if you've seen any of Lima's videos but here is her take on carrying with a small child.
http://www.youtube.com/user/limalife#p/u/27/RJriDAhIIQs
She addresses that nasty habit she had of dropping the slide on an empty chamber by using the slide release in another video.
http://www.youtube.com/user/limalife#p/u/17/lDT-ZgX0cp0
BTW, I'm not nominating her for "ultimate authority" status (even if she is fond of 1911s ;D) and I don't agree with her on some of the advice in her other videos. Think of it as just another data point to consider.