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Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert came out this week and stated that the gun control legislation in Congress is “anti-woman.”

Boebert’s comments came after Democrats began a massive push for gun control. Her comments reference the fact that guns serve as the great equalizer in conflict.

From Bearing Arms: 

If a guy is threatened, they may or may not figure they can handle it without a weapon. Granted, if someone says they want me dead, I’m not going to assume they’re looking for a fair fight, but a lot of guys do. The macho thing doesn’t really go away.

Women don’t suffer from that. If there’s a threat to their life, they’re smart enough to recognize that they probably can’t deal with a physical altercation with a man, even if the guy isn’t armed. So, they seek to get a firearm for protection.

And a lot of gun control proposals will make that harder.

For example, universal background checks will prevent someone like me from giving a woman a gun to protect herself if she can’t afford one. Waiting periods mean women under threat will have to wait several days before taking possession of a firearm, meaning they could be injured or killed during that window. Permitting requirements mean women who have reason to fear for their lives may have to wait weeks or months before legally being allowed to carry a firearm out of their house.

Multiple pieces of gun control legislation are currently in Congress with many having already passed the first few hurdles they need to before becoming law. While many speculate that these pieces of legislation are going to fail in the Senate, which is evenly split, others fear turncoats in the GOP may let some of them go through.

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