Women need male permission to continue to live.
“You are only as safe as your male partner allows you to be”, the head of a group of leading girls’ schools has said in the wake of the suspected murder of Emma Pattison, the headmistress of Epsom College.
The danger of male violence against women from all backgrounds has been highlighted by Cheryl Giovannini, chief executive of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) following the death of Emma Pattison.
Meanwhile we’re not allowed to tell the truth about who is male and which people are women.
“It doesn’t matter how successful or accomplished or brilliant you are as a woman, you are only as safe as your male partner allows you to be,” she told the BBC.
Or as the male cop who “arrests” you for “violating Covid isolation rules” and then abducts and rapes and murders you allows you to be, which is zero safe.
[Emma] Pattison, 45, was a widely-respected school leader who was found dead in the early hours of Sunday morning alongside her seven-year-old daughter, Lettie, and husband, George, 39. She had only started as head of Epsom in September, after six years as head teacher of Croydon High School, a girls’ school in South London.
George had a licensed gun. A gun was found at the scene.
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Somewhat related: Ruth Marcus at The Washington Post has more details on Zackey Rahimi, the guy you reported on last week whose Second Amendment rights were deemed violated when his guns were confiscated.
Holy shit.
This year, Alabama joins the ranks of the places where pistols no longer require a permit, so “licensed gun” will not be meaningful in some cases. But don’t worry, the state is fixing things by sending state grants to the sheriff offices that are losing the pistol registration funds. Because that’s the important thing.
Oyyyyyyyy.
Washington is an open-carry state. No license or permit needed to walk around with the firearm of your choice. I’ve repeatedly seen men wearing guns in my grocery store, and repeatedly complained to the management. They could post a “no firearms” rule (any business can), but they won’t do it. It’s only illegal to carry guns onto schools or into bars; everywhere else, they’re absolutely legal. It makes no sense. It doesn’t lead to a safer society, no matter what the NRA likes to claim.
Apparently there are already 25 states that allow concealed carry without a permit. I didn’t realize it was nearly that many. If Florida goes that route, a majority of states will allow it.
You can see the list of states and more details here.
A much larger number of states allow open carry without a permit. This, too, was news to me.
In Oregon we can open carry *swords* whereas unless something major has changed there’s usually knife length restrictions even in the particularly crazy states.
Sackbut, that’s an interesting map. I thought Nebraska still required permits, but was sort of surprised to see I was right. There are forces trying to get rid of permits, but so far haven’t had much luck.
I work at a place that does not allow firearms, or other weapons (though I am allowed to have a sharp knife for cutting food, and we have scalpels for dissection). I know there are a number of the males…maybe most, and I am sure at least some of the females…that carry firearms on campus anyway. And brag about it. They know the school isn’t going to go looking for firearms, and if they conceal them, they can bring them where they want because until they start waving them around or shooting, no one is going to do a thing.