When American LGBT citizens had experienced enough of the same kind of violence in 2000, many of us created (in my case) or joined various LGBT Second Amendment groups which advocated for the lawful and responsible ownership and use of firearms for self defense.
News reporters focused immediately on the groups in large and small cities ... thereby issuing a somewhat unintentional warning to would-be violent criminals. In fact, anti-LGBT crime drops everytime an LGBT individual defends himself or herself against violent crime. Even the dumbest criminal eventually learns through word-of-mouth to leave alone those potential victims who might be lawfully armed. This fact gives a kind of carte blanche to other LGBT people who are similarly situated but remain unarmed for whatever reason.
In other words, not every LGBT individual needs to be armed to enjoy the benefit of being considered armed. And, FBI statistics show that the mere display of a defensive weapon is enough to cause the perpetrator to: 1) piss himself or herself, and 2) run away extremely fast. About 99 percent of all defensive gun uses enjoy this silver lining without a shot being fired.
Sooo, would it be a bridge too far to hope that a few autistic people might adopt much of the same strategies in their effort to end criminal violence? I understand that Ireland is probably not likely to consider this potential solution to its violent crimes, but why not pre-empt such violence in communities where it is a solution?
25 Apr 2016, 3:14 pm
