Columns Dec 16, 2010 at 4:00 am

One Bullet Would Solve Everything

Steven Weissman

Comments

1
Wow. Sent chills down my spine! Great pick for I, Anonymous. So sorry to you, anon, for the pain you've felt all these years. I'll be cursing that fucker along with you.
3
Good on you for not traumatizing his daughter to get revenge for your own trauma.
And good luck.
4
Fake.
5
Well, at least she chose an effective handgun. The SP101 is high quality, but not exactly a "ladies gun" given the difficulty of shooting it accurately. But, at 6 feet, maybe Anon doesn't need to be Deadeye Dick.
6
@5, fuck you and your "ladies gun" comment. maybe she should use it on you.
7
Hollow points?

I'm inclined to agree w/#4......
8
yeah, im with 4. fake.
9
@ #6 - you rock, and thank you for being a feminist.

@ I Anon - Hmmm... GREAT I ANON!!!! And may your rapist be molested by dead camels in hell.
10
Fake.
11
I'm a little concerned to think this lady with her unresolved issues is packing heat. I'm not into getting rid of the 2nd Amendment but I wish CCW's were a little harder to get. I assume she at least has one of those?
12
femminist fake !
13
silly me i forgot to say... you are right one bullet will set you free. just stick the barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger !
14
@12,13: Troll detected. Try a little subtlety. Here's a good guide.
15
One bullet and I, anon could have been I, celebrity.

But this is obviously a ripoff/copycat of that guy who went to the Jesuit retirement home and beat up the old priest who raped and tortured him as a child.

I, copyright infringer.
16

LOL ! that hobbes image is perfect !
17
No hate like liberal hate.
18
Fake, He has a SON.
19
The part about the gun reads like fantasy to me. I'm inclined to think that the story about seeing him is real, but that she wasn't actually packing heat.

And for those of you declaring that it's fake because she had hollow-point ammunition? Um, that's pretty standard issue stuff here in Missouri. You can get it at Walmart for like $0.69 a shell. It's teflon coated that's hard to get.
20
Since when is it a "feminist" move to be angry at a person who raped you? WTF.
21
#6 and #9. Maybe you dykes have huge hands that can control small firearms with high recoil, but 90% of the public could not effectively shoot an SP-101--male or female. The comment was not, nor intended to be sexist, but thanks for the gratuitious and ignorant posts.
22
#6 and #9. Perhaps the term "ladies gun" is offensive to you, but the firearms trade coined that phrase to describe handguns that fit smaller hands and more suited to lower recoil. That you wish a gun be used on a poster who understands the trade is disturbing. Do you always wish death on people who post things disagreeable?

Good luck on whatever mood disorder you must suffer.
23
This is probably a fake simply because it's highly implausible. First, if she's up on his whereabouts, why is she so surprised to see him there? Sex offender registries in WA require that the offender's status be disclosed to the victim. That she would suddenly discover that he lived in her neighborhood by seeing him around is not likely. Furthermore, it's not unlikely that a condition of parole or plea deal involve no contact with the victim upon release. Depending on the procedural background here, he might be prohibited from living near her anyway. Rather than toying with a gun, she might want to just contact a victim advocate in her jurisdiction to find out if he's violating any of his conditions.
24
charles bronson? is that you? ARE YOU MAKING ANOTHER DEATH WISH MOVIE? you are!!!! BIG FAN!!!! in seattle? nice. hope its in 3D.
25
Now that's feminine protection

#23 I assume you are assuming that anonymous reported the crime, the perp was caught and that he was successfully prosecuted.
27
What if that little girl wasn't his daughter? Creepy!
28
@23
If you read the I Anon another time, you'll notice that she was raped 14 years ago but he wasn't listed on the registry until a few years ago, indicating that either she never reported the act or he was never convicted of it.

Why on earth are people trying to "prove" that this is fake? It's not terribly implausible, but either way IT DOESN'T MATTER. Even if this is just a rape victim's revenge fantasy or a work of utter fiction, you are still getting the visceral experience which is why you read I Anon in the first place.
29
I have no view on the "ladies gun" stuff . . . but @9: what makes gunning someone down a "feminist" move? More like reproducing violent male retribution fantasies.
30
fuck your rapist, fuck you and your pistol/hand gun.
31
Fake. But she should have hit him up for a re-run. Nothing feels better than a good old fashion grudge fuck. Oh, and congrats for allowing a known sex offender/child rapist walk away with a little girl in hand. Since there would be no way for you to know it was his daughter you did nothing and possibly allowed another young innocent girl to be molested. Great fucking job Anon. Now go suck on the barrel of that SP101.
32
Wow, you people are real pieces of work. Not only do I truly believe that this is real, because being a victim of sexual abuse if I were to cross paths with the lowlife scum again, I would kill him, instantly, without an ounce of regret.
Obviously the ones screaming "fake" have never been or known a victim of abuse.
Or tell her to kill herself?? You people are just as soulless as any rapist could be.
I hope you find compassion for others before your hatred eats you alive.
33
Fake. Way too pat and "polished" for the supposed situation, more like short-form fiction.

Fully-loaded, that Ruger weighs 2 lbs and, small frame or not, becomes a pain to carry around.

34
As a sex offender w/ a porn conviction I can say that we are all not the same. sure I've lumped myself into that category by my own actions-but I've done my time and probation.
will I ever 'get out from under it?' Probably not AS LONG AS OTHER PEOPLE NEED A SCAPEGOAT WHOSE SHIT SMELLS WORSE THAN THEIRS.
Anyways, cheerio, and remember the ex-cons who can't get a decent job are more likely to stay in a cycle of crime-just what 14 yo's need, right?
35
you know you whiner bitch you should let that go.
grafitti i once saw:
"DEAD MEN DON'T RAPE"
and scrawled underneath that:
"dead women don't gripe'
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
36
People who have had some sort of traumatic experience like this think things through repeatedly. I don't think it is fake. While it seems that you guys all think the handgun of choice is an issue, perhaps she felt as if it were the best option to protect herself. I am going to assume with my optimistic side that she has a concealed carry permit, and therefore has had ample practice aiming and shooting said gun. A rape victim would not want to be in a situation they could not control, so I don't think they'd have a gun they can't control.
37
Fake, not fake, don't know. But the hollow points don't rule it out. Most hand gun owners target shoot with full metal jacket, and carry hollow point for day to day protection. Contrary to popular opinion, if you are going to carry a gun it is more responsible and safer to use hollow points. Hollow points do more damage to flesh (which you want if you shoot someone) but penetrate walls, windows, doors, less well so misses ate less likely to carry on and kill someone unintentionally.
38
I don't think this is fake- The letter echoes too closely what I felt when I was 20 and I saw the man who had assaulted me when I was 11... I wanted so, so badly to make a huge, nasty, screaming and shattered glass scene and simply... couldn't. I was paralyzed, all this rage exploding inside my head that I was totally unable to give a voice.... If I'd been armed, I imagine I'd have had a chain of thoughts very like those described.
39
So very fake. I hate "writers" who think they are somebody. Stop it.
40
Those of you crying "fake" because of the type of handgun mentioned - I am a small woman (5'2", 135lbs, small hands even for my size) and I carried an SP101 for years (and practiced with it weekly). I also used hollow points, but I loaded with .38 Special +P rounds instead of .357, because the recoil on that gun is, indeed, a motherfucker.

I gave it up and went to a semi-auto .380 some time ago. A smaller-caliber weapon that is less punishing to fire, holds more rounds, and is easier to hit my target with is a better weapon to carry than the larger-caliber weapon that's uncomfortable to fire.
41
@28, he wasn't in the registry until a few years ago because he was INCARCERATED.
42
Sorry you got raped, Bud. Totally explains why you're a Call of Duty shut in with a rich fantasy life.

43
Wow, There is a bunch of heartless pieces of shit, with the sense of humor of 7th graders in the NW! Reading most of these comments made me want to vomit on my computer, then promptly smash it into the wall... Soooo thankful that I no longer live in the land of DOUCHBAGS!
44
Fucking A Baby! I played God in the military. It is a terrifying yet calming sense of mind. I warn you. Do not enjoy that feeling, it will lead you down a dark path into a maze which you may not find your way out.
45
Nice touch that the illustration looks similar to an actual SP-101. Win!
46
Shoulda blasted him and his kid, too. Clean up the gene pool.
47
Either this is the best pick in a while; or someone is submitting a scene from Batman Begins to I, Anon.
48
It would still make you a murderer. You still go to jail.
49
What victim of a violent crime wouldn't look at their attacker and imagine killing him? Of course, if we are imagining then we ought to imagine 10 years later when his daughter sees anon at a bus stop and imagines "One Bullet Would Solve Everything"
50
I call shenanigans. The entire scenario is too much like one of those bloody, "victim-turned-vigilante-hellbent-on-justice" movies. It's not very imaginative, even for fiction. I think it's pretty low to pretend to be a victim of a crime as horrible as rape so that people will take you seriously and might hesitate to or feel bad about calling you on your bullshit.
51
Obviously fake. If real, coward.
52
@43: douchebags on the internet permeate every part of every country, according to the latest research.
53
Seeing the messages from scared women walking around with guns on here is SCARIER than the thought of sex offenders. You are adding to societies problems, not making yourself safer.
54
Fake, real, whatever. If it happened or even if it HAD happened, anon made the right choice not shooting him dead where he stood. He did a thing which is monstrous beyond measure. He put into the world a ridiculous amount of evil, enough bad karma to choke a busload of Hindus and Buddhists, but the one thing he does not deserve is to have his daughter traumatized in an even more evil fashion right in front of her. That would make this week's anon so much more evil than her rapist, it wouldn't even be funny (hint hint: it never would be funny, not ever).

A rapist is disgusting, always. But a murderer who kills a man holding his daughter makes me want to retch. Good going for not shooting him, or for making up a fairly interesting piece to respond to, anon.
55
you know i was just thinkin , it was probly the best sex she ever had . shes probly been comparing every fuck shes had since then to him. she doesn't want to kill him , she wants to fuck him again and shes jealous !
56
Rapists: Hide your kids, hide your wives, and hide your husband cuz your victims are shootin' errbody out here.
57
You should have killed him when you had the chance.
58
So, according to your chronology, you were both kids, right?
59
@ #6 and #9: What reactionary bullshit. God forbid... you people are morons.

What I loved most about this post was the "Women Seeking Men" post and pic under the LustLab advertisement.

Delicious cognative dissonance!
60
@ #6 and #9: What a reaction to a perceived slight. Go fnck yourselves.

The best part of this was the "Woman seeks man" ad and pic under LustLab.
61
Hmmm...

I have a .357, 6" barrel, nickel–plated. I asked a police officer I know about the ammo for it. He said to go to a gun shop and have them reverse two hollow point slugs. Then, use those two, followed by two regular hollow points, and two regular full jacket bullets, for the six bullet rotation.

By reversing the hollow point, it makes a concave front, not unlike a “dum-dum” bullet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_b…

The gun shop owner told me that as soon as it left the gun, that bullet would start to tumble under very high speed. It would make a hole about the size of a dime going in, and a hole about the size of an individual small cheese pizza on exit.

More important, if I missed the target, that reversed bullet would shatter on impact with any window, etc. A regular .357 bullet could go for a few blocks and through houses, etc. before coming to a stop.

I finally stopped carrying the weapon when I came real close to using it one day, on an overly aggressive panhandler in downtown Seattle, less than a block from the courthouse.

After he became aggressive in his demand for money; and threatened me, instead of shooting him, I told him that I did not have any spare change, but that I did have some Dr. Pepper.

That is the street name for pepper spray. As soon as I put my hand in my pocket, that made him take off in the opposite direction.

More than likely, that saved me from going to prison.

62
Fake.
And it matters, at least to whatever extent that this column matters. If she actually is a rape victim spinning a revenge fantasy, why not just put it out there that way? She deserves her daydreams, just like anyone else.

63
Good for you Anon. As sweet as blowing him away would have been, a lifetime in prison would not have been so sweet.
64
Hey I, Anon...I'm sorry that happened to you all those years ago. I am glad you didn't give in to your revenge fantasy, I am sure it would not have been nearly as satisfying (and the prison time would probably be a bummer too.)

Do me ( and probably quite a few others) a favor though, if you ever meet that dumbfuck commenter THE ERIC CARTMAN on the street, holding a child or not, please DON'T hold back.
65
fake
66
just because she's a good writer, guys, doesn't mean it's fake. lay off.

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