Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in AmericaThe 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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| Title | Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America |
| Author | Laura Browder |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | UNC Press Books, 2006 |
| ISBN | 080783050X, 9780807830505 |
| Length | 287 pages |
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