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Democratic Colorado senator Evie Hudak to rape survivor: “Statistics are not on your side.”

Remember: only *liberal* women/minorities get to be treated like human beings.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 5th, 2013 at 03:00 PM  | 

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Quick background here: essentially, Colorado Democrats have decided to respond to recent criminal mass murders by legislating bans on high-capacity magazines, banning concealed carry, taxing legitimate gun purchases, and requiring background checks before private transferal of firearms. And, oh, yes, Colorado Democrats also want to make gun manufacturers liable for crimes committed with those guns, but that’s scheduled for later… what’s that? How would any of this stop a crazy lunatic from mass murder? Oh, that’s easy: it won’t. But it will make a bunch of legislators with Ds after their names to feel a little less scared at night, which is apparently more important.

Anyway, I will give Democratic state Senator Evie Hudak this much: she at least had sufficient lingering human empathy to not want to make too much eye contact when she uncomfortably denigrated the testimony and feelings of a rape survivor who DARED insist that concealed carry might have stopped her rape.

I’m not giving Hudak very much slack at all, mind you: that was pretty filthy stuff that the state senator said. But, you know: the old white men who run the Colorado Democratic party have spoken, and it’s the job of women like Senator Hudak to hold down the fort. Or shoulders.

 

Moe Lane (crosspost)

PS: Rough transcript from Colorado Peak Politics:

“I just want to say that, actually statistics are not on your side even if you had had a gun. You said that you were a marshal arts student, I mean person, experienced in tae kwan do, and yet because this individual was so large, he was able to overcome you, even with your skills[*]. And, chances are that if you would have had a gun, then he would have been able to get that from you and possibly use it against you….”

…and the response, which I found remarkably measured and even-toned, considering the provocation.

“Respectfully Senator, you weren’t there. You’re right, my parents equipped me to ensure that I would not be an easy victim and not be an easy target, they did everything they could to reduce the risk of me being raped. And, that’s all it did. It reduced the risk, it did not guarantee that. Furthermore, if I had been carrying concealed, he would have known I was carrying my weapon. And, I was there. I know without a doubt in my mind, at some point, I would have been able to stop my attack by using my firearm. He already had a weapon of his own, he didn’t need mine.”

*This is apparently a theme beloved of Colorado Democrats.

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  • junglecogs

    Great comeback to the brain-dead politico.

  • Viet71

    Reality confronts politics.

  • Tbone

    Obviously, Evie’s mother was raped by a bulldog..

  • kentucky

    Am I perceiving this incorrectly if I think the Dems are overstepping their “mandate”? Is Colorado already such a lost cause that they can get away with this?

  • earlgrey

    I think That women like this senator have little empathy for attractive women.

  • gnomechumpsky

    I live in Colorado and it’s hard to say whether they will get away with it or not. Individual senators might but it’s hard to see Hickenlooper getting away with it.

  • Kyle-MI

    Our side needs more of this kind of testimony. The other side has been parading around Sand Hook parents and the husband of Giffords. They are appealing to emotions. We need to fight fire with fire. We need to appeal to emotions in addition to logic. This is a good start. We also need real people who have actually defended themselves with guns. The gun rights groups need to have these people on a Rolodex and bring them to every hearing and political event available. We need to stop fighting with one hand tied behind our back. Give them the one-two punch, logic and emotion.

  • joshinca

    Progressives see more rape and murder as an acceptable price to pay for their beloved gun bans.

  • recentlyenlightened

    I have lived in Colorado since 1980. This state is home to some of the most beautiful and majestic scenery one could ask for. This used to be a state that carried with it a tradition of the “Old West”. As we have modernized and Californicated this state over the last 15 years we have lost not only the traditions and history that this state was founded upon, but also the live and let live attitude that prevailed here for most of my life.

    I am sickened by what is happening here now. The people are speaking out, honking horns, protesting, the Sheriffs are coming together to stand against this legislation with the residents of the last remaining rural counties. Yet the politicians are ignoring us and instead listening to astronauts from other states and their own squishy ideals of what makes a person “safe”.

    The Senator that spoke before this embarrassment of a woman made an excellent point. Those pushing this legislation want to “feel” like they can debate freely without worrying about someone with a gun. There is no logic, no regard for the Constitution, just “feeling” safe to debate in public. It’s all about squishy democrat emotion. I guarantee you there are few, if any, conservatives out there worried about “feeling” safe during a debate. Conservatives are worried about the idea that if we take all the guns away from the law abiding citizens, only the criminals will have them and they will “feel” even more empowered and more likely to attack knowing no one has the ability to fend them off.

    Fortunately I live in Weld County, one of the last remaining conservative strongholds in this state. God, I pray there are enough of us to save this state, otherwise I will have to move and selling my house right now is not a pretty proposition.

  • lineholder

    Message to women from the Democratic Party….

    “You are helpless victims who are incapable of the level of rational thought that would be required to operate a firearm in defending yourself. You have no other option than to become dependent on big-government sugar-daddy for your protection. You MUST conform to the designated role of victim that we have slotted for you.”

    Idiots.