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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) A New Hampshire lawmaker apologized Wednesday for referring to women as "vaginas" in an email to his House colleagues during a debate over repealing a law allowing people to use deadly force to defend themselves.
"I am embarrassed, to say the least," wrote state Rep. Peter Hansen, R-Amherst, a day after saying he didn't regret the remark and had used the word for shock value.
In an email sent April 1, Hansen, who once used his gun to restrain an intruder at his home, referenced a speech given by another lawmaker, who described how he had been able to retreat without using deadly force in public.
"There were two critical ingredients missing in the illustrious stories purporting to demonstrate the practical side of retreat. Not that retreat may not be possible mind you. What could possibly be missing from those factual tales of successful retreat in VT, Germany, and the bowels of Amsterdam? Why children and vagina's of course. While the tales relate the actions of a solitary male the outcome cannot relate to similar situations where children and women and mothers are the potential victims," Hansen wrote, according to messages posted online this week by liberal blogger Susan Bruce.
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TrogL
(32,822 posts)He's sorry because he's embarrassed.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)He should also apologize for the misuse of the apostrophe.
niyad
(113,336 posts)niyad
(113,336 posts)like that is disgusting, and no apology for your words will help.
the war on women continues apace.
old coot! resign, you are only sorry that you got called out!
chervilant
(8,267 posts)Harboring hate is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I'm really more concerned with gun control and who the fuck is blowing innocent people's limbs off.