Unashamed plug for new female-oriented web site

[Greybeard]

http://www.corneredcat.com

Excerpts/Quotes:

This site is about women and guns, not about cats. But in a way, it's about the cornered cat in all of us. It's about the determination to get away from an attacker if you need to. It's about making the decision to say, "Not me. Not mine. Not today." And it's about the tools to make that decision stick.

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From Glossary:

Pellet --

In target shooting, a chunk of metal fired from a gun.
In hunting, a chunk of poop dropped from a deer.

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Some of my personal boundaries are:

I will not go anywhere at gunpoint. If the bad guy wants me to go somewhere else, it's because he will be able to do something to me there that he is unwilling or unable to do to me right here, right now. Therefore no matter how bad the tactical situation seems right here and now, right here and now is the absolute best chance to fight back I will ever have and I intend to use it.

I will not be tied up. If the bad guy wants to tie me up, it is because he wants to do things to me that I would be able to prevent if I were not tied up. Therefore, I will resist while I am still able to do so.

I will not kneel. No one is going to execute me. If I die, I'll die fighting.

If someone tries to take one of my children, I will fight even at the risk of my child being killed in the resultant firefight. I plan this not because I have positive assurance that I would be successful, but because I would not be able to live with myself if I simply "allowed" my child to be taken, brutalized, and his body perhaps never found. I'd rather watch him die in front of me. (Yes, that's harsh ... but given those two options and only those two, which would you choose?)

My point is not that your boundaries should be the same as mine. It is simply that even though you can wait until the very last moment to make the final decision about fighting back, you should have certain things already set into your decision-making machinery beforehand. If you don't, you may not have enough time to do anything but stand there with your brain frozen solid.

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Poetry

What carries the day when the battle is nigh,
Is the Will that refuses simply to give up and die --
The Will that commands your eye not to blink,
And forces paralyzed mind to nonetheless think --
The Will that requires your aim still be true
No matter what damage may terrify you.
So I'll say it again, though I sound like a fool:
Your Will is the weapon. Your gun is a tool.

Your gun may save the day; then again, it may not.
But if a brand name and caliber are all that you've got
The game's already over and your life may be done --
For you still are not armed. You're just holding a gun.

[longtooth]

This verbalizes the best I have heard it, the things I have decided, said, and taught. Thank you Greybeard. It is already printed out.

[nitrogen]

Is this PAX from Thehighroad.com?
I recognise the "personal boundarys" post as being from her on Highroad.

It was very thoughtful.

[Greybeard]

Yep, "pax" it is.

For those here who have not hung out there, pax is a well respected moderator at http://www.thehighroad.org. From her "profile" there:

"Date of Birth:
May 31, 1968
Age:
37
Biography:
Despite online rumor to the contrary, I am NOT Paxton Quigley. But I am a published writer, and a frequent contributor to Women & Guns magazine and to Concealed Carry Magazine.
Location:
Washington state
Interests:
Reading, shooting, writing, and playing on the computer.
Occupation:
Freelance writer, assistant firearms instructor, homeschool mom
What I do for the RKBA and other civil liberties:
Write articles and letters, vote, RO/Assistant Instructor at the Firearms Academy of Seattle. "

She just recently gave a heads-up on her new web site, which is still a work in progress. But I obviously like very much most of what is there so far.

[Diode]

Well said.... also visited the site, very nice. I will have to spend some time there myself.

[KBCraig]

Excellent attitude. I've shared the link with some important ladies in my life.

Kevin

[AG-EE]

I saw her post on The High Road as well, and sent the link to my wife after reading through it. I suspect there are a few of us who participate in that forum as well. I am duckslayer over there for any of you who watch that site.

[quidni]

I've forwarded the link to a few friends, as well. Thanks for posting it here!