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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewolf" data-source="post: 1376414" data-attributes="member: 239">What's absurd is the OP placing a price on his Ole Lady's life of $400. Since he made that the limit of what he was willing to pay for her safety I simply asked what would cost him more a funeral or a gun that might run more than $400. In other words if the only gun he could afford would cost him $500 would he just forgo that option. If his Ole Lady really needs to be able to protect herself its either spend the money on prevention or end up spending it on a funeral.  What is truly absurd is to place a value on someone you love's life. If he was serious about her and her personal protection it wouldn't matter what it cost. He'd figure out a way to get her the weapons and/or training she needed to be safe or at the very least teach her how to avoid potentially dangerous places and situations in the first place. Otherwise why even bring it up?And while the subject of absurdity has been broached there was no mention of any training in using a firearm as a self defense tool. There were strong indications/implications in the OP that the woman has had none or little firearms training let alone using it for self defense.Guns are not magic talismans that provide a shield of invulnerabilty; in fact in the hands of the untrained the exact opposite can be true as they may place themselves in situations they would otherwise avoid simply because they have a gun.The whole tenor of the OP's message was quite disturbing to me and I felt it needed to be addressed (along with the term Ole Lady which is a particularly abhorent way to refer to a loved one IMO and another reason for my response) .</blockquote>

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