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Subject: Re: Rape: The Unresolved Trauma
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Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 14:38:22 EST
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[My first posting to net.singles.]

Sonny has hit the nail on the head: rape is not considered
as serious a crime as tax evasion or failure to pay overdue
parking tickets.  There is no serious deterent offered against
the would-be rapist via the criminal "justice" system.

I know that *Ms.* magazine bemoaned that "A Gun Is No Fun",
but I think that any individual has the right to take any measures
necessary to preserve life and limb, including the carrying
of weapons upon the person.

It is unfortunate, but the only real deterent to a would-be rapist
is the certainty of immediate mutilation or death at the hands of
the intended victim.  A public confrontation after the rape is not
quite the same thing.  An ounce of prevention is still worth
more than consoling the victim after the fact.  Since few
of us can afford armed guard escorts, the only solution that
I see, is women willing to be responsible for their own
protection.  The martial arts classes have been a step in the
right diection, but no rapist will argue with a .45 .

Jon Kaplowitz

"No one ever raped a .38"