Am I the first woman to respond?..lol
Can I be the first to say that we are ALL different in our ideals, from woman to woman, from man to man and from man to woman.
I may or may not be your typical woman (besides, please define a typical woman) but no, carrying a gun does not make me feel safer. It is a tool I use to be prepared should something happen... Nothing more. I don't carry because I'm afraid. I never once armed myself out of fear of crossing a parking long late at night and scared.
I talk about carry all the time, I do videos about it, I have a website about it. I'm an NRA certified instructor, work in a gun store and, on a daily basis, try to help people find the right carry equipment (gun, holster, ammo, etc.).
I train, I fear no caliber or gun and won't be told I can't handle something because I'm a girl.
And I most CERTAINLY will quote Thomas Jefferson, the 2nd Amendment, talk politics and discuss reason when it comes to guns and gun rights.
I carry because my ideology is that my life is worth more to me and to my family than anyone else and I have a right to protect it. Protect it I will.
It's not that I "NEED" to carry. If I am forced to be without a gun I'll fight with a hair dryer or my glasses if I need to. Having a gun makes me no more willing to beat the crap out of anyone who is trying to hurt me.
I'm not one of these feminist Nazis who pushes female empowerment down everyone's throats, but I will be honest in saying it does get annoying that everyone sees ME (because I am a woman) as a scared, shriveled, shivering individual who "reacts" to situations instead of "proacts" to be prepared for what may come.
Everyone assumes the same, that I carry out of fear, and while I'm used to it, I'm trying very hard to show them that is not the case.
Yeah, I'm physically weaker than a man. I wear makeup and dresses, love flowers and cry at ANY sappy movie. I AM more emotional than most of my male counterparts and I'm glad I'm that way. I very much enjoy being a woman and being considered gentler and kinder, NOT whimpier and less able.
So, as far as your theory goes (though I'm not sure what it's really even relevant to) I don't think it applies to ALL women.
If you are trying to make this observation as a means to open a door to talk to women about carry I think you are getting off on the wrong foot.
No one, not even a woman who fits your exact description, wants to have someone stand over them with a preconceived notion about their state of mind and say, "You only do this because of this..."
It annoys and even angers.
If you want to talk to a woman about guns and carry you CAN reach them on a logical level. We are capable of thinking logically. No, it doesn't hurt to make an emotional connection as well as we ARE more emotional, but saying that we "generally" don't make logical decisions is not entirely true. Just because we pick our outfits because we feel better about that color today doesn't mean we ALL vote for the candidate with the best parted hair (though sadly, I'm sure some people (men and women alike) did just that).
Men can make just as many emotionally based decisions as women can. The curse is not limited to our sex.
Yeah, I may have put pink grips on my gun because they were pretty and I liked them, but I'll tell you what, the first thing I did when I got them was take them to the range and make sure they were as functional as they were pretty. If they didn't work I would have gotten rid of them... pretty or not.
Like I said, I'm not sure exactly where you are planning to go with this discussion. If I knew I might be able to help out a little more.
You asked, "Whaddya think?" to all of us and based on what I've read I think you need a basis or direction for your argument.
Is there a girlfriend you are trying to convince to carry? Is there a mother-in-law who thinks you are crazy because you carry around her daughter and you're trying to prove her wrong? Is there a woman who refuses to speak about guns in your office and you are trying to rationalize why that may be?
Knowing the basis for your argument might help narrow down what made you come to this conclusion and whether or not your theory is good for generalization or only a specific situation.
Either way, you'll have at least one gal to give you her opinion.
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And P.S.
I know exactly what "Heller" is and am following it closely.