Black Woman Fears for Her Life, Gets a Gun: Liberals Angry at Her

Last updated on: November 29, 2017 at 4:49 pm by Bristol Palin

Black Woman Fears for Her Life, Gets a Gun: Liberals Angry at Her 2017-11-29T16:49:21-05:00 Bristol Palin

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Texas grad student Antonia Okafor writes about how she used to be afraid to walk to her car by herself. This is no doubt in small part to the fact that liberals always talk about “rape culture” like it’s going to come down on women like a fog. There’s nothing you can do about it.

However, Okafor didn’t accept that. Writing in the New York Times, she explains how guns were not something she ever thought about, since she grew up in a Democratic household. But now? It’s a new day:

It was my first year as a public policy graduate student at the University of Texas, Dallas, and I was taking all my classes at night so I could work during the day. Every evening, after class got out around 10, I had to walk through the sprawling parking lots to get to my car. I dreaded that time of day. I would pray that no one was lurking in dimly lit areas or behind cars, and I’d try not to think about the campus police alerts I’d seen about sexual assaults in the area.

I had survived such an assault myself when I was a child. The incident left me acutely aware of the realities of being preyed upon just because you are physically smaller and less likely to protect yourself. I know what it means to feel defenseless.

When she told other people about her new self-reliance, however, some were not happy:

Still, I regularly encounter liberals who fear irresponsible gun use and think that college kids (even if they are 21) can’t be trusted with firearms. I understand that fear is a powerful motivator on both sides of this issue. But I fiercely resent being told that I can’t protect myself according to my rights as an American.

The Justice Department estimates that one in five women are assaulted during college. This number does not surprise me, although plenty of my fellow conservatives take issue with it. I have met so many women through my gun advocacy who felt helpless in the face of sexual assault before they carried a weapon — they felt that no one would listen to them, that they didn’t have any options. It is a huge failing of the conservative movement not to take this seriously. Even if the one out of five statistic is imprecise, isn’t one assaulted woman bad enough?

Female gun ownership isn’t a matter of political affiliation. I’ve met women across the political spectrum who own guns for self-defense or for shooting recreationally. In particular, black women have become a lot more interested in gun ownership and shooting classes.

Good for her! Good for them. It’s time that American women stop relying on other people to protect them. Guns are the great equalizer.

I don’t think all people SHOULD carry guns. However, I do know that if there’s a woman in trouble, no woman should wait and hope that a liberal shows up to save the day.

Libs would rather women cower in the shadows waiting for help than actually doing something about it. That is insane.

Image Credit: Antonia Okafor by Gage Skidmore on Flickr

h/t New York Times

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