I did not grow up knowing hunting or having to learn how to shoot until I was well into college. Now, grown and a parent, I’ve shared my interest with my wife and offspring. The most difficult to educate on these issues is my daughter Kayla. Shooting is not “her thing” and I suspect this is the same attitude of younger ladies.
Well, for alot of people and in particular women, it has been my quest to inform and educate people of the history of firearms.
Below is a recommended list of female writers on the subject of firearms. I’ve corresponded with Mss. Malcolm, Zeiss-Stange, and Kohn. They have some very interesting backgrounds.

1) “Guns and Violence : The English Experience” by Joyce Lee Malcolm.

2) “Gun Women: Firearms and Feminism in Contemporary America” by Mary Zeiss-Stange.

3) “Blown Away : American Women and Guns” by Caitlin Kelly.

4) “Shooters: Myths and Realities of America’s Gun Cultures” by Abigail A. Kohn.

Lastly, I want to refer readers to two other sources.

“Firearms control: A study of armed crime and firearms control in England and Wales” by Colin Greenwood of Cambridge Universtiy released in 1971 and “Illegal Firearms in the UK” by the Defence Studies of the King’s College of London released in 2002.
These two in-depth studies revealed some startling results about Great Britain and its gun laws. In short gun laws have no direct correlation to violent crime but rather social and cultural mores do. Great Britain earlier this century had very little violent crime and NO GUN CONTROL LAWS. Unfortunately, the society has changed for the worst. It has been rated by an agency of the UN as the most violent nation of 17 industrial nations.
Anyone asks the question “So what?” Great Britain is a superb example of what can go wrong. It has banned handguns in 1997, has strict controls of longarms, and left controlling crime to the professionals. Yet, violent crime spires out of control.
I invite all to log onto any of the British newspapers (BBC, London Times, News Telegraph, etc) and do a search on gun crimes. Is this where we want to head?