2aguy
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This is a look at the bad advice women keep getting about dealing with stalkers......the one thing they are rarely told is to buy a gun, learn how to use it.....
On this past Tuesday night, Ewen Dewitt brutally murdered 40-year-old Julie Minogue with an axe in her Milford, Connecticut home. Two of her children were at home when the murder occurred. Dewitt, an ex-boyfriend, had been stalking her.
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“I’m scared he’s going to kill me,” she told police. In 2019, she had a protective order issued. Just a week before the murder, a judge had granted her a full no-contact restraining order.
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The case clearly illustrates the limits of protective orders when the stalker is intent on murdering the victim. If the murderer is already facing the possibility of life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder, how will an additional five more years in prison and a $5,000 fine deter such murders?
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It is an important problem. Reportedly, 76% of women murdered by someone who had been an intimate partner were stalked.
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Violence prevention advocates for women have a long list of changes they recommend. These changes require women to uproot their lives.
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Among the advice: women should change jobs, travel routes, the time of day they leave home or work, move in with a friend or family, change the locks on their home, or do their shopping and other chores with friends or relatives.
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A few recommend that women practice martial arts such as judo, jiu-jitsu, karate, or boxing.
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But the most obvious answer is missing from these lists: women should get a concealed handgun permit and a firearm.
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Men are typically much stronger than women, particularly in upper body strength. Unfortunately, real life isn’t like the movies, where one woman can knock out and overpower several well-trained men. Even well-trained women often struggle to defend themselves against much larger and stronger men. Men also tend to be faster runners.
www.washingtontimes.com
On this past Tuesday night, Ewen Dewitt brutally murdered 40-year-old Julie Minogue with an axe in her Milford, Connecticut home. Two of her children were at home when the murder occurred. Dewitt, an ex-boyfriend, had been stalking her.
.
“I’m scared he’s going to kill me,” she told police. In 2019, she had a protective order issued. Just a week before the murder, a judge had granted her a full no-contact restraining order.
.
The case clearly illustrates the limits of protective orders when the stalker is intent on murdering the victim. If the murderer is already facing the possibility of life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder, how will an additional five more years in prison and a $5,000 fine deter such murders?
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It is an important problem. Reportedly, 76% of women murdered by someone who had been an intimate partner were stalked.
.
Violence prevention advocates for women have a long list of changes they recommend. These changes require women to uproot their lives.
.
Among the advice: women should change jobs, travel routes, the time of day they leave home or work, move in with a friend or family, change the locks on their home, or do their shopping and other chores with friends or relatives.
.
A few recommend that women practice martial arts such as judo, jiu-jitsu, karate, or boxing.
.
But the most obvious answer is missing from these lists: women should get a concealed handgun permit and a firearm.
.
Men are typically much stronger than women, particularly in upper body strength. Unfortunately, real life isn’t like the movies, where one woman can knock out and overpower several well-trained men. Even well-trained women often struggle to defend themselves against much larger and stronger men. Men also tend to be faster runners.
Why aren’t stalked women ever told to get a gun for self-defense?
Authorities say Ewen Dewitt murdered 40-year-old Julie Minogue with an ax this month in her Milford, Connecticut, home.
www.washingtontimes.com
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