Most of these Kauai women were stabbed or beaten to death.  Only one was shot.  The bad guys don't need a gun to victimize smaller people.  They typically do it with a punch to the face, or by choking.

Kauai Women Cold Case Files:  
Nancy Ellen Baugh, 20, dragged out of a house, found in Waioli Stream  
Michelle Klein, 25, found on the Kuilau Trail off Loop Road  
Stacey H. Kelekoma, 14, never found, last seen at Anahola Beach Park  
Emilia Baron, 60, Camp 6, Makaweli  
Margarita “Susan” Agbayani, 25, near Russian Fort  
Joyce Fox, 45, ditch alongside a Kapaa cane haul road  
Lisa Bissell, 38, ditch off a roadway leading to Polihale  
Amber Jackson, 57, woods, Keālia, Anahola  

If it were legal for these women to have carried a “pocket pistol” (as it is in most other states), they would have had a greater chance to survive. Instead, they relied on the police and our legislators to make them “safe”.