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Gun Control Proponent: Women Too Weak to Carry Guns for Self-Defense

Gun Control Proponent: Women Too Weak to Carry Guns for Self-Defense by AWR Hawkins During the August 23 airing of Third Rail on Al Jazeera, the executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Leah Gunn Barrett, suggested women are too weak to be allowed to carry guns for self-defense on college campuses. She made this suggestion in the face of Florida state Representative Rehwinkel Vasilinda (D-9th), although Vasilinda was the victim of “attempted rape” while in college–an “attempted rape” that she was able to stop by grabbing the gun her father had given her for self-defense. Vasilinda made clear… View Article