The principle is simple, and based on natural law. You are born into this world, and have a right to defend yourself. The state cannot grant this right. It can make it that much more difficult to defend yourself. There is nothing cowboy about defending your life.
Looking at data in big cities in Germany, US would you, as a woman, feel safe today walking all neighborhoods at any time of day? Remember that guns are an equalizer for more the vulnerable and weaker against those who would cause harm.
As for the a foreign state invasion, it is an incredibly more complex thing to discuss. Would an armed with butter knifes & pretzels, or armed with AKs and RPGs populace be easier to roll over?
The Taliban provide a clue.
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We just watched a largely-unarmed populace get invaded by Russia and they're still fighting back, three years later.
More older European men have had professional-quality military training than Americans have, and they're bringing back mandatory service, in the majority of countries that paused it. Or already have.
Most people in Europe can attain a firearm, but choose to not do so. That is because the crime rate here is low.
Most big German cities are safer than most big US cities, and I feel comfortable walking around them day and night. I take the public transportation everywhere. There are better and worse neighborhoods, but even the worst ones are also surprisingly safe.
Most American women are afraid to even walk around in the suburbs. That's one major reason that so many are so fat. They're prisoners in their McMansions. And you can hardly walk around in the country because everything is private and fenced in and the owners will shoot you.
America is a gigantic open-air prison, where people lock and fence themselves in.
Women are not necessarily a match for a man, even if she has a gun. Her best bet is to just live in a country that is safer, overall. Like Denmark.
