Most people are sexually assaulted by someone they know and have a level of trust with already, guns do not solve this problem. Also, a lot of people aren't comfortable with owning or using a gun anyway and there is a class issue with having to purchase equipment.

Guns: They Make You Invincible

Guns: Provably better than snark at preventing and stopping rape.

Snark: Not an unreasonable response to predictable [1], pointless chest-thumping.

A reasonable discussion of rape defense / deterrents or even gun ownership would be fine. A quip that romanticizes "the smoking barrel of a 9mm" like it's just that simple is pure bullshit.

1: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4948542

Then prove it.

Come now! Surely the rapist would just snatch it from her trembling hand!

I hope this was an ironic attempt to demonstrate the sexism inherent to that kind of argument against self-defense.

Aye, it was.