Should women be allowed to carry AR-15 in public?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[matchrestore]

There are three ways this could go- should anyone be able to carry an AR-15 in public, if men are allowed to, should women be as well, and/or should only women be allowed to carry AR-15s.

The answer to the first is that no one should be able to carry an AR-15 in public. There is no need for that kind of weaponry for self defense, and certainly not in general public during peace time.

The answer to the second is definitely yes. If a man can carry an AR-15, a woman should be able to as well.

The answer to the third is, while I don't think anyone should carry AR-15s, I would much rather have only women carrying AR-15s in public than just men or both genders. Women are statistically less likely to commit violent crime, and in particular, are far less likely to commit mass shootings. Short of banning everyone from carrying AR-15s, the public would be much safer if it was only women.

[PositiveFlight]

Allowed? Absolutely, yeah! Why should a woman be any more restricted or less capable than a man with such a weapon? In my state, you can walk around with a machine gun if you want. Now is it practical to carry an AR-15 around in a department store? I know I certainly wouldn’t unless we’re in some war, invasion, or something like that! It’s just not practical. I wouldn’t want to lug something like that over my shoulder everywhere I go. Carrying a 10mm pistol with a few 15 round mags is usually plenty sufficient for self defense

[BigAssB1tch]

Hell naw, bitch! You think I wanna see some dumb hoes walking around Walmart with an AR-15? They can barely handle their damn shopping carts without crashing into shit. And what if they got PMS or some shit? You really wanna see a bunch of angry bitches carrying assault rifles? Fuck no, keep that shit at home where it belongs. Plus, who needs an AR-15 when you got a big ol' booty like mine? That's all the protection I need, honey. Now go on and buy yourself some chicken livers from Walmart and leave the guns to the menfolk.

[Rangers]

Based on how you talk, if there's any "dumb hoe" here, it's you

[Apulu_Imback]

I guess pistol is enough for self defence. Blade and small knife works really well too. I don't think you can even use that if you feel threatened, like let's say someone is going to stab you then by the time you even take the position and hold it, the other person would have already done the work. Pistol is handy and would work really fine.

[Lionman95]

Allowed yes, normalised no. It looks extremely weird if everyone carried such a weapon with them as long as they don´t walk on a military basis. If everyone had to carry a gun to feel safe then that´s statement about the usefulness of the law and the respect for the constitution. All shooters have one thing in common they don´t respect the constitution because if they did they wouldn´t consider creating a mass shooting a good solution to their own problems.
If everybody only feels safe to carry a gun then maybe the constitution and the law system isn´t working well since they can´t teach people to respect their neighbours and treat them with respect. That´s a sign of a broken society.

[purplepoppy]

Nobody needs that much firepower to go handbag shopping. They're making a political statement nothing more.

[scentoflavender]

Under the 2nd amendment, they're allowed too. That being said, I'm not a huge AR fan, though I own a few. This seems to be more about causing a scene or stiring the pot, than it is about exercising your rights or personal protection.

[Matadorius]

First let me say that I am not against self-defense. I believe that everyone can carry things like guns or pepper spray, to a certain extent and within certain frameworks, for the purpose of self-defense, especially if they are under a concrete and clear threat. But as seen here, even people who just came to shop are carrying assault rifles. I don't understand why Americans like to carry lethal weapons with them so much. How can carrying a lethal assault rifle be considered a hobby?

[Ms_Facesitter]

She is wearing slippers. I am automatically going to assume that she isn't going to be using that thing properly. Is she going to be very lightfooted. She might shoot innocent bystanders.

[wiltingrosepetal]

That's so fcking unsettling 😭 why in the world would you need a gun just to go shopping?

[Siri137]

No, of course not. What an insane suggestion.

[RHK36]

Earth is littered with morons surviving because technology keeps them around long enough to have kids and make more dummies. I don't trust the average person with anything, but nerf guns maybe.

[IslaTheWitch]

But I personally would go for AT308, if possible :D and secure nice place on some roof :P

[Alexandrubaschet08]

only because americans is posible 50% to this question
Nowhere in the world you can buy just whit ID guns from shop like kandy in Europe

[Kaneki05]

Ah yes the mall shooting about a pair of nice shoes two women are fighting over.

[goaded]

That's next week. The five this week are by men about sneakers.

[KostasKouvalis]

Absolutely not. There's no rational reason for you to even own and AR-15, unless you're planning to commit a mass shooting

[Kingofkings1992]

For what, committing a mass shooting? No one needs an AR 15 for their own self defense. An assault rifle is specifically designed to take human lives. The only people who need weapons of this nature are the police and the military.

[goaded]

Why "women"? Why not "people"?

[exitseven]

yes, they would be a good fashion accessory.

[Jackblue]

Seems a bit excessive, not just for women but for anyone except police to carry that kind of firepower around.

[Iron_Man]

Women are wonderful they don’t ever do anything bad very rarely do you see a woman shooting somebody

[AmeerX]

I like AK47 and Tokarev Pistols, so no AR no, AK yay

[TonyMetal___86]

Nope, it shouldn't be allowed for men and women, where is that happening? 🤔

[FenixG45]

Nope. Unless you're worried about a terrorist breaking out screaming Death to the Infidels! God is Great!