You might've seen the latest meme to flood facebook in the seemingly never-ending, never-moving debate on gun control. This one involves an actual program that Orlando did back in 1966 (some of the memes inaccurately claim the year was 1950).
The City of Orlando trained and equipped women throughout the area with handguns. The Orlando Gun Training Program lasted one year and focused on training women on how to use a gun for self-defense but also allowed other citizens to take the class.
The meme (the photo with text above) does seem to play up this Orlando history anecdote.
Researchers point out that while rapes did drop the following year (there were three less rapes in 1967 than in 1966) by 1969 the rates had gone back up. Also the number of rapes that were looked at in the 1960s study was only 14, a very small number for any type of statistical significance to be drawn from.
Just a little FYI for you when you see this meme on Facebook.
