You know as a woman, and thankfully never a victim of domestic violence, I find the whole logic of self defense completely weird. It seems like life deals us only 2 options, overwhelming force or be a victim. I don't see the problem with someone wanting to protect themselves with a non-lethal weapon if they do not want to keep a hand gun or go through the licensing process. I wonder what would have happened if she had used pepper spray without a license? I wonder what victim groups think her options should have been? Should she have gone to the local hardware store and bought a nice claw hammer and carried it in her purse in case her scumbag boyfriend showed up unannounced? I just don't like the way that as a society we are increasing leaving more victims in this world. If her boyfriend killed her no one would be talking about someone else's rights.
What I find crazy is the mass court actually had the audacity to say "we need to consider what weapons would have been considered as right to bear arms" at the actual time of the ratification of the constitution. That's just insane thinking.