While Kate Woolstenhulme was waiting for her concealed-carry permit to come through, she looked around for a handbag to hold her weapon. She couldn’t carry it in a regular bag and be digging for it while an attacker shot her dead. That would be pointless. But she . . . (Subscription required.)
via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2013/08/05/130805ta_talk_macfarquhar