The Playboy Forum

September, 1976

The Best Defense. . . .I must take exception to the May Playboy Forum letter that suggests that "every woman is the U. S. carry a Saturday-night special and, if attacked by a rapist, blow the son of a bitch away." That is poor advice.Saturday-night specials are notoriously ineffective and unreliable. I would advise, instead, the use of a quality small-caliber, double-action handgun, made by a reputable firm and loaded with hollow-point ammunition.A rapist or an armed robber or any othe...