As far as I can tell rape is very uncommon on college campuses. I don't have US stats, but recently released numbers from Canadian universities show that sexual assaults are very uncommon there.

The university with the highest number of reported sex assaults was Ryerson. It had a total of 57 reported from 2009 to 2013. That's an average of 14.25 sex assaults a year. The university has about 24,000 full time students.

Let's say half of them (12,000) are female and all the sex assault victims were female. In 4 years, less than 0.5% of the university's female population was (allegedly) sexually assaulted.

Also remember that in Canada "sexual assault" can mean anything from Ariel Castro kidnapping women and raping and beating them in his basement for 10 years, to a creepy nerd giving a sorority girl an unwanted hug after doing her homework.

My point is, rape is very rare on Canadian university campuses, despite the hysteria campaign. The same is probably true of the USA.

Are college girls even interested in carrying a gun? I'm not an American but I'd assume that of all demographics, they would probably be least interested, no? And I assume that this suggestion is not meant to persuade anyone of the anti-gun fraction anyways.

So I'd assume that this is rather a political message directed at those who are already pro-gun, perhaps at the girls' dads, who are concerned because they read so many bad stories about sexual harassment at university. Or maybe it's just the usual pro-gun debate attached to some arbitrary current issue of the public debate, like campus' rapes, just to have a reason to position yourself as an upcoming politician.

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I think this is an example of "dog whistle politics" that is VERY unlikely to come to pass, so I'm not going to invest much thought in it for now.

Personally, I think teaching young women situational awareness and some self-defense skills would do far more good with virtually no harm; hard for me to make that case about mass-arming 18yo women.

Some youtube videos of young women getting knocked over and/or face bloodied by recoil belong with this topic. They are plentiful.

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Next move for feminists: only women can be armed

No, it is your German leftist anti-gun indoctrination which makes you react with irrational anger to the proposition.

Good short primer on homicide rates and gun control (also take a peek at Switzerland) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE

I really, highly doubt that girls in the middle of sex are just going to start firing guns at people all of the sudden over guilt now. Spoiler alert: nothing is stopping college girls from doing this now or doing it in the past, it's not like they just earned the right to carry guns....and it has never been an issue, like literally at all. Some Republican lawmaker is not going to suddenly make every girl in America wish she had a 9 mil on her hip. Also, carrying on campus doesn't mean shit, most people don't have sex in the middle of campus, they have sex in their apartment or house, which, in America, you are already fully able to own a gun at, and like I said before, it is not an issue. A lot of women carry mace or tasers, and you don't see a plethora of cases of guys minding their own business and getting tased or maced for absolutely no reason.

Mountains out of molehills, my friend.

You're coming across like the SJW actually. It seems perfectly reasonable that people should arm themselves to protect their own safety, and it's a large reason why campuses are often targeted for shootings since no one will shoot back.

I definitely support any policy that holds individuals responsible for their safety rather than this progressive idea that we should rely on a nanny state to prevent rapes from occurring. It would also make it much more difficult for a woman to falsely accuse a man of rape if she is perfectly capable of resisting an attack by using her gun. It would drastically reduce the occurrence of real rapes and false-accusations, which is a win-win.

If you're still brainwashed by left-wing politics then you aren't red pill.

Campus carry isn't retarded, and most girls aren't going to bother anyway. Its mainly going to be taken advantage of by the people who are older and have to commute through the ghetto to get to college.

Also believing in all the gun control bullshit is blue pill as fuck, and I can't believe this shit is getting posted here.

Fortunately, a perfect shit storm is unlikely to result from this. The desire to arm everyone comes from the right wing, while the excessive false rape accusations and ridiculous 'yes means yes' laws are pretty exclusively left wing, so I wouldn't get your panties in a bunch yet. Democrats would never consent to having loads of guns floating around on campuses.

They call it, "Rape Culture." WHY? well.. Like Bacteria in yogurt, you have to culture it for it to grow...

So keep on culturing that rape that never actually happens.

If those girls are responsible, have had gun training and aren't retards, I have no objections. But we all know that isn't going to be the case.

For the anti-gun crowd. There are 2.5 million gun-related self-defences recorded by police every year in the USA (1992 Florida University study). There are around 300k-400k gun crimes in the USA every year. If you can honestly investigate these facts and you fail to change your views on gun control then you are irrational.

It's already defacto legal to shoot a man in his sleep. Nothing new here

This is not bad advice and would instantly get rid of the "rape culture" nonsense and at least make them admit that almost all "rapes" are committed AFTER the girl takes off all her clothes, sucks a mean dick, and then lays back begging to be taken. Then later she changes her mind. Col Colt isn't going to help in that scenario but in the common rape fantasy of a tall dark stranger grabbing them suddenly in a dark alley- well the saying is that God made man and women- Col Colt made them equal..

What is this, some anti-gun fear mongering bullshit?

Women who conceal carry don't generally go around shooting random people in the dome, thanks for playing.

Is like to have a tactical nuke with nothing more than a background check. Why can't I?

I am pro gun, but I'm also anti stupidity. Training and education would go a long way to make the world safer. Being afraid of guns doesn't help anyone, and like it or not the law of the land says I can own them. Without guns the weak would be prey for the strong. The only thing making others nearly equal to me in self defense if I want what they have is them having a firearm. Byte time the cops get there I could have my way with your wife after beating you senseless, have a smoke, then flip her over for seconds. If you want to give up your means of defense against someone with my capabilities, training, experience, and strength, you're welcome to do so.

Gun free zones don't work, because anyone who is intent on killing people won't give a fuck if it's legal since if caught for murder bigger problems await, and they know everyone is unarmed. You don't see mass shooting at gun shows for a reason, but you see them on college campuses and in schools.

However, just giving guns to girls is a bad idea. With proper training in safety and use it gets better, but giving girls guns to ward off rape based on the 1 in 4 bullshit statistics won't solve any problems. Drunks and guns are a bad combination, and we all know how girls are when drunk. If they can't be responsible for their actions when drinking, how the fuck can they be responsible with firearms?

Both my daughters know how to shoot, my 20 year old is nearly as good as I am with a rifle. They were educated about my weapons when they weren 4 and 6, had loaded shotguns and rifles around them the entire time they lived with me, and are safe as well as competent with firearms. Most girls are clueless about weapons, afraid of them, and would be afraid to use it. Then you get into the sticky area of knowing when to use it, and when not to.

This is one of those emotional things, arming only the girls. Sexist too since men are still being treated as rapists in waiting, already guilty just waiting for opportunities.

That being said, as a man I do not like to rely on the government to protect me. I think guns should be allowed on campus so that the non-criminals (like myself) can use self defense. If the current policy (banning guns on campus) worked, there would be no shootings.

I guess the ugly little girls dont need guns

Guns on campus and in the frat parties, can't see that going wrong in any way...

If that happens I'm gonna walk around in full kevlar gear on campus all the time.

"Well, I was drunk, and after he started to penetrate my pussy I suddenly thought about my boyfriend and that made me feel bad. So I decided he was raping me and fired the whole clip at his face." - "Self defense. Case closed."

I really shouldn't laugh so hard at this because it's accurate. Of course, in addition to this... we know all of them will get guns because "hottie cheerleader has one, and I'm a big beautiful woman (reality: 2/10) and I'm totally going to get raped otherwise, so I'd better get a gun."

Next time on America does the stupidest things, we'll be examining how the 2/10 shot a guy in self defence because she wanted to stop the "stare rape."

Yeah. Guns on a college campus. What could go wrong?

This is the trouble that fucking a "normal" bitch will get you.