Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov on rape/psychology --- Avdoyta Romanovna Raskolnikov on gun control
"You spoke of outrage just now, Avdoyta Romanovna. In that case you may be sure I've taken measures. Sofya Semyonovna is not at home. The Kapernaumovs are far away --- there are five locked rooms between. I am at least twice as strong as you are and I have nothing to fear, besides. For you could not complain afterwards... Besides, no one would believe you. How should a girl have come alone to visit a solitary man in his lodgings? ...[Y]ou could prove nothing. It is very difficult to prove an assault, Avdoyta Romanovna.... It's my personal conviction that you are perfectly right --- violence is hateful. I only spoke to show you that you need have no remorse... You would simply be submitting to circumstances..."
She had not the slightest doubt now of his unbending determination. Besides, she knew him. Suddenly she pulled out of her pocket a revolver, cocked it, and laid it her hand on the table. [Part VI, Chapter V]
She had not the slightest doubt now of his unbending determination. Besides, she knew him. Suddenly she pulled out of her pocket a revolver, cocked it, and laid it her hand on the table. [Part VI, Chapter V]