Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumIndian bus rape: Delhi sees rush for guns
Source: The Guardian
Hundreds of women in Delhi have applied for gun licences following the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman by six men in a bus in the city last month.
The news underlines the widespread sense of insecurity in the city, deep before the incident and deeper now, and the lack of faith in law enforcement agencies.
The ashes of the victim of the attack who died on Friday after 13 days in hospitals in India and Singapore, and was cremated in Delhi in a secret ceremony under heavy security on Sunday were scattered on the surface of the Ganges river, sacred to Hindus, in northern India on Tuesday.
The case has provoked an unprecedented debate about endemic sexual harassment and violence in India. Tens of thousands have protested across the country, calling for harsher laws, better policing and a change in culture.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/01/indian-bus-rape-delhi-rush-guns
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)i liked the thread about chemical castration and life in prison and 3 month rushing to trial, better than this article. if this is what it amounts to, women, get your guns.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)take care of me?
bullfucking shit.
they ain't my Daddy and they don't pay my bills and they are never around when there is work to be done.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)My wife works for the State Department, and women's rights are a large part of her mission there. I wish there were more we could do, but we'll be doing what we can.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Her job is public diplomacy, so as a diplo spouse part of my job is to keep my damn mouth shut, so I can't be as locquacious as I've been of late, but I'll definitely keep some posts coming as possible.
Warpy
(111,227 posts)that denigrates and devalues women. Either they're going to need a war to even up those numbers or they're going to have to face repression to curtail violence from men who both are raised to despise women and who are too poor to have the permanent use of one via marriage.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)i cannot believe i am in gun group discussing this, but hey.... here we are.
you are right.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Happy New Year
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)and to you, too.
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holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)... with proper training in safety and how to use a defensive weapon is the most effective cure to India's rape epidemic put forward so far
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)weeding out misogynistic assholes.
holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)Remmah2
(3,291 posts)nt