I'm thinking this might be an excellent reason to not have your go to gun dressed up in pretty colors.
“He thought it was a Barbie gun," Greenwald told police, referring to Nolan LeBlanc, 17, a South Side High School football star who lives across the street. "I wanted to show him that it was loaded.”
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Pink Guns
Just saw this article on Fox News a couple of hours ago. A, how should we say, overly excited woman "defends" herself with a pink pistol. This is all wrong in so many ways but here's my money quote:
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Or, y'know, following the Four Rules and not being an idiot...
ReplyDeleteI suppose if a person wants a pink rifle, the deer won't care one way or the other. For self-defense/carry, you make an excellent point.
ReplyDeleteBut then, so does Linoge.
It honestly highlighted something I had not thought of. That being that your attacker didn't believe your gun was real. The whole story was idiotic but that little point made me go "hmmmm". I suppose having standard color guns doesn't guarantee "belief" either.
ReplyDeleteI don't really intend the attacker to see it before I'm ready to shoot it. Doesn't really matter what color the tool is at that point.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is that not being an idiot point.
Yes, when applying common sense this weakness is fairly well mitigated. The only caveat being that many defensive gun uses involve merely producing the weapon to stop unwanted aggression. I suppose, however, if they demand you prove it's real you still have some options. "Do ya feel lucky punk?" Hehehe...
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