15 Million is a Big Number

We ran into this article yesterday and were impressed by multiple things: the concept of a book that looks into the prevalence of guns in the hands of strong, able women; the artistic approach documenting women and their guns; the recognition that firearm safety is a major part of the passion; and numerous other things.  


The article brings to light that "based on polling research and gun-sale statistics, an estimated 15 million to 20 million women in the United States own their own firearms", and thus discusses a book written by photographer Lindsay McCrum, who stays away from the politics and controversy of the topic.  She approaches the issue from a curious perspective and seems to honor the different passions of the women she interviewed and photographed, by commemorating their reasons for having and loving guns.


My favorite picture (mind you, I only read the article so I'm sure there are many more fabulous pictures to be mentioned) is this one: 

  This photograph of Alexandra Knight with her son, Truett, appears in the book “Chicks with Guns.” “I’m so eager to teach my boys everything I know,” the Houston mom writes in the book. “Knowing that one day they will be teaching their boys or girls the same thing with the same gun makes me smile.”

It might be a neat idea for a coffee table book!