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Some women leaving the gun at home for a can of bug spray
WBTV.com ^ | 02.20.13 | Sean Edmondson

Posted on 02/24/2013 11:02:23 AM PST by Daffynition

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To: null and void

“The key is to assert that you didn’t plan/intend to misuse the product, only in panic you grabbed the closest thing to hand...(And you only had it close by because you are deathly afraid of/allergic to wasps!)”

That’s the ticket and that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Thanks. :o)


61 posted on 02/24/2013 1:08:18 PM PST by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: dfwgator; DBrow

62 posted on 02/24/2013 1:14:12 PM PST by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Daffynition

The irony here is that should a victim of an attack, particularly in their own home, engage in self-defense by using “weapons of opportunity”, which may include bug spray, they are opening themselves up to legal liability of a dual nature, both from hip government attorneys keen on career-enhancement and opportunity-seeking (read “$$”) private defense attorneys representing the now-injured attacker who can also testify as a plaintiff against you, the defendant.

The solution involving some new carpet & paint seems much more sane & simple now, yes?


63 posted on 02/24/2013 1:48:40 PM PST by logi_cal869
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To: mnehring
Well alls i can say is....

GUN CONTROL literature is rife with anecdotal examples of meth crazed gang bangers freezing, screaming then turning tail and running in abject terror, for SAFETY, at the very SIGHT of the dreaded Raid Can......Hell, I don't know why this brilliant tactic hasn't been floated by the gun grabbin' libs before now.

Wait wait wait i think the M-13ers have currently slid this beauty in on us. What the hey, I say lets run it up the pole and see if anyone salutes it, roll it thru the bushes and see if anything snaps it. I feeeeel it's the brandishment solution we've all been praying for... ....BUENO SUERTE GRINGO Y GRINGAS y ADIOS ENTONCES....heh heh heh.

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64 posted on 02/24/2013 1:51:41 PM PST by jimsin
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To: KC Burke

jeeees KCB would you mind doing this blog a favor? How about if you’d please please cease and desist with your infernal brandishing of unvarnished logic...? Thank You..
Great Post there....What’s the cost of the Kimber?


65 posted on 02/24/2013 2:03:06 PM PST by jimsin
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To: Daffynition

I think these women should just use (more) Pledge, Windex,Comet, etc.; just stay home out of the gun debate and maybe stay out of politics in general.


66 posted on 02/24/2013 2:05:52 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: jimsin

I think the Kimber was 45 or so and it comes with a second load. A pistol is hard for a gal to carry in bicycle clothes and you don’t want to leave it on an unattended bike. The wife’s thought was that a woman bicyclist might be as much a target for someone trying to acquire a pistol by driving up alongside with a vehicle. Anyway, that was the thought at the time.

Any weapon my wife wants to have handy is fine with me — handy usage is dictated by ready access.


67 posted on 02/24/2013 2:39:14 PM PST by KC Burke (Plain Conservative opinions and common sense correction for thirteen years.)
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To: Daffynition

The first time she sprays someone in the face and they go blind she will be sued.

Better to shoot them and remove the threat of a lawsuit.


68 posted on 02/24/2013 2:43:56 PM PST by rfreedom4u (I have a copy of the Constitution! And I'm not afraid to use it!)
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To: Secret Agent Man
I was just reading something here last week about the average woman in her twenties at the height of strength and such has the aerobic capacity of an average guy who’s 50.

Perhaps you refer to the following finding from an actual government study.

You can read more at this link:

Fred On Everything - Women In Combat

From the report of the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces (report date November 15, 1992, published in book form by Brassey's in 1993):

"The average female Army recruit is 4.8 inches shorter, 31.7 pounds lighter, has 37.4 fewer pounds of muscle, and 5.7 more pounds of fat than the average male recruit. She has only 55 percent of the upper-body strength and 72 percent of the lower-body strength…

An Army study of 124 men and 186 women done in 1988 found that women are more than twice as likely to suffer leg injuries and nearly five times as likely to suffer [stress] fractures as men."

Further: "The Commission heard an abundance of expert testimony about the physical differences between men and women that can be summarized as follows:

"Women's aerobic capacity is significantly lower, meaning they cannot carry as much as far as fast as men, and they are more susceptible to fatigue.

"In terms of physical capability, the upper five percent of women are at the level of the male median. The average 20-to-30 year-old woman has the same aerobic capacity as a 50 year-old man."


69 posted on 02/24/2013 2:44:27 PM PST by Iron Munro (I miss America, don't you?)
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To: tiki
I agree, I am not against guns but I’m against guns for myself because I am a klutz and I’d shoot myself or some innocent bystander. I don’t care how much I trained.

I can't and therefore don't, drive a car and talk on a cell phone at the same time. We all have our limitations.

70 posted on 02/24/2013 3:07:48 PM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: bigheadfred
wasp spray is all well and good but what happenz if your attacker is black

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71 posted on 02/24/2013 3:16:16 PM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: Iron Munro

Having served active duty as a combat medic from 1985-1993 I can honestly say that women in close proximity to mostly male combat units are nothing but a SEVERE distraction.Two sets of standards for the same position is the norm and a male has to walk on eggshells when near one,just as a womans word is taken overwhelmingly more often than a males in civilian life it is ten times worse in the service and no chance of redemption if your ever able to prove your innocence in any verbal altercation.They are a distraction both on the normal sexual thing that occurs anywhere both sexes congregate and they have a totally unfair advantage if they decide to be vengeful.....it can blow a good soldier out of the water.I saw this occur many times while active.no room for females within combat units,i know it may seem chauvanistic but things go MUCH smoother with no natural distractions.Just my educated observation.


72 posted on 02/24/2013 3:20:47 PM PST by mythenjoseph
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To: Graybeard58

Is America a great place or what?


73 posted on 02/24/2013 3:22:04 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Daffynition

It’ll probably kill the lice on their rapists....


74 posted on 02/24/2013 3:24:30 PM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Daffynition

I think the way it sprays has a lot of attraction for use as a weapon. You can get a pretty good shot in before someone gets within arms reach. “Squirt” is more accurate than “spray.” Of course, nothing beats a firearm if your goal is to keep the attacker as far away as possible. The choice between pistol or rifle is a matter of distance, too.

I see rifles becoming more useful for defensive purposes. If a flash mob of feral yutes entered my suburban neighborhood, I think I’d like to have a way to hit them from wayyy down the block. Different applications require different means, and as my Dad used to say, “Use the proper tool for the job!”


75 posted on 02/24/2013 3:30:02 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Daffynition
Wasp spray is actually "nerve gas" for bugs.

A German chemical company built Muammar Gaddafi an insecticide plant (in the desert) to produce bug poison for "farmers". Human nerve gas is just a tweak or so away from some of the more potent insecticides. Hmmm

Regards,
GtG

76 posted on 02/24/2013 3:31:47 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Daffynition

It’s all because of Facebook. For the past couple weeks, there are posts in my feed basically saying to use wasp spray instead of a gun for self-defense. Stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, but apparently, some morons buy into it.


77 posted on 02/24/2013 3:42:28 PM PST by chae (I was anti-Obama before it was cool)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Face sheild. In case of blow back. (I’m assuming that is what the poster intended)


78 posted on 02/24/2013 3:42:35 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: Daffynition

If she doesn’t feel comfortable with a firearm then that’s her perogative. Good to hear of a safe alternative, plus it will keep the bees away..........


79 posted on 02/24/2013 3:46:21 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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To: CrazyIvan

Ah, makes sense. Thanks!


80 posted on 02/24/2013 4:02:03 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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