So you think her just buying a gun would have automatically saved her life?
A person who never shot a gun, is going to be able to pull it, ready it, and lethally fire it on a whim once put in a dire situation?
I have a waiting period to get my permit. Why is it such a big deal to have to list a reference and a through background check to buy one?
If that was the case this kid probably wouldn’t have passed the reference check.
And by waiting period, less than a week.
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Never said that. And you don't know what experience or training she had.
"Ready it?" LOL. Handguns should be carried Condition 1. Look that up if you need to. Most modern pistols like Glocks and others with trigger safeties and DAO or DAO/SAO guns like a the one and only proper guns Sig Sauer makes are mostly point and shoot.
She was denied her right to defend herself using appropriate measures, including by use of deadly force if necessary, against a physically stronger opponent she had an active restraining order against. After a ridiculous waiting period for a Firearm Purchase permit, NJ only has waiting period for handguns. Would you have a woman purchase what, a shotgun or long gun for self defense?
She was so egregiously denied her right to self defense by having already waited 43 days for a permit to simply possess a firearm that is to be issued NLT 30 days from application, would have had to again apply to purchase a handgun and wait for approval, and then a 3rd and likely impossible application for concealed carry, the only means she could use it outside her home. Waiting periods killed Carol Brown.
By "permit" I assume you're again talking about your concealed carry permit. That's entirely different although I'm also in favor of Constitutional Carry just the same. Criminals are going to CC, why can't a law abiding citizen? If I can pass an NICS (and in Colorado it's an additional flow through a CBI for local issues like domestic abuse, restraining orders, etc.) I should be able to carry. I had to take training, including live fire (no longer required) to get a carry permit even though I'm a vet (missed the training not needed cutoff by oh 20 years or so... LOL) .
While I consider CC reasonable, I don't think it's exceptionally unreasonable to require some reasonable training requirement for concealed carry if the state requires it. I personally don't think that 4 hours of classroom training, which can be found for free (generally donations are accepted by those orgs), is an unreasonable barrier to exercise a "unique" right (legal concealed carry in public), if only to understand some basic law (more Do's and Don'ts) and to protect yourself from potential litigation.
Colorado and many states have Castle Doctrine and/or Stand Your Ground laws, and while that doesn't preclude you from arrest and detainment by an aggressive DA, and potentially costly legal battle, it does provide affirmative defense against undue criminal prosecution if you otherwise followed the law (like not shooting someone outside your home).
Besides, there's already a defacto waiting period. While few FFL's will do so, technically if NICS doesn't approve or deny an applicant within 72 hours, the FFL can still sell the firearm unless they have other reason to believe the purchaser is otherwise prohibited or ANY OTHER REASON the FFL doesn't wish to complete the sale. Perhaps that's what your AFT buddy is thinking of.
