Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in AmericaUNC Press Books, 2006 - 287 pages The gun-toting woman holds enormous symbolic significance in American culture. For over two centuries, women who pick up guns have interrupted the popular association of guns and masculinity, spurring debates about women's capabilities for violence as wel |
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