A Trained Policewoman

So much for a man will just take a gun away from a woman and use it against her, typically made by zealots who don't know but somehow believe... [More]

In comments, we learn the incident took place in Brazil a while back and the woman was a police officer, which means the option for an "ordinary citizen" to respond in force is limited because:

In Brazil, private possession of handguns (pistols and revolvers) is prohibited,¹²⁵ with only narrow exemptions^{129 130 126 127 128 38}

Glomming onto the "trained policewoman" meme, resident male herbivores quickly fall into "Only One" subservience, with not a one of them being able to justify their assertions by citing police range qualification requirements (how often, how many shots, score, retries, like we talked about here). One, not making the point he thinks he's making asserts:

"I am a gun owner and bet I would freeze in a situation like this or get my kid out of there in a flash."

In other words, if you're certain of that, you're admitting to being an untrained gun owner, which makes you an irresponsible gun owner, which makes fair the question why are you a gun owner, especially if you have children?  You're saying you have a gun but if your kids are ever endangered by an aggressor you "bet" your reaction would be to "freeze" and you would be useless to them as a father and protector?

Hey, your words, buddy, not mine.

Yeah, I understand no one knows how they will really act until they find themselves facing the beast, which makes anticipating and training for that eventuality a responsibility that goes with the right.

"She's a trained policewoman" is just a cop-out. And considering the level of training most go through, a pretty inexcusable one at that.

Oh, look: Another trained policewoman!  Who thinks she'll protect your kids?

[Via Jess]