The press thinks that all weapons besides black powder and bolt action are "automatic" people need to be educated as to the difference between automatic and semi automatic. I have never seen automatic weapons for sale in walmart or anywhere else for that matter.
Depending on her looks, I might have said "Your right honey you don't need any self protection. No rapist in his right mind would want you! what,to harsh???"Yes, way too harsh. Rape is not about attractiveness on the part of the victim. I overhead a clerk at a local gun store make this joke once, and even though they have the best selection, I won't even go in there anymore (much less buy anything from them). Don't ever say that to any woman.
On a related note, I'd like to thank the poster of this article.. for his standing up, and for his not shopping at Kmart. :-)