Women and Guns

Issue 17 September 2026

Women and Guns

A complicated and changing relationship

Vital City Sep. 09 2026

What We Know and Don't Know

Two women run past numbered lanes on an outdoor shooting range holding handguns

Gun Violence

The Crisis We Fail to Name

Kerri M. Raissian, Jennifer Dineen Sep. 30 2026

Abstract close-up of swirling red, white, blue, green and gold paint around a gray center

Gun Violence

What the Data Tell Us About Women and Guns

Vital City, Paul Reeping Sep. 30 2026

Woman looks back as she climbs a subway stairway toward the dusk sky

Gun Violence

What Data Can’t Tell Us

Jeff Asher Sep. 09 2026

When Guns Harm Women

Two lit windows glow on a dark building at night

Gun Violence

Shine a Light on Domestic Violence Gun Deaths

Lyra Monroe, Brian Malte Sep. 30 2026

Shadows of an adult with a braid and a small child on a pink wall

Gun Violence

The Ones Left Standing

Nelba Márquez-Greene, Zirui Song Sep. 30 2026

Upside-down purple and blue chalk drawing of two faces with stick-figure limbs on pavement

Gun Violence

Pregnant and At Risk

Ayesha Dholakia, Lois K. Lee Sep. 30 2026

Worn green surface torn open to reveal frayed fabric and orange material

Gun Violence

Disrupting Known Danger: Disarming Domestic Violence Abusers

Alice M. Ellyson, Sandra B. Shanahan Sep. 30 2026

Person with a cane walks along a sunlit sidewalk past an eye poster

Gun Violence

Invisible Victims: Older Women, Intimate Partners and Firearms

Lynn A. Addington Sep. 30 2026

When Women Wield Guns

A black handgun sits on a white shelf beside two rhinestone tiaras.

Gun Violence

Queens Without Castles

Michael R. Ulrich Sep. 30 2026

Three women with arms around each other face yellow police tape

Gun Violence

Unpacking the Triggers

Brooklynn Hitchens, Necole Muhammad Sep. 09 2026

Hand reaches out from behind a green pillar toward a wall poster

Gun Violence

Stand Your Ground Laws and Women’s Safety

Erdal Tekin Sep. 09 2026

Woman in safety glasses and ear protection looks out a diamond-shaped window of a wooden structure

Gun Violence

Carrying Care

Margaret Kelley Sep. 09 2026

Women at classroom desks aim rifles during a training session

Gun Violence

The Recent Rise of Women Gun Owners

Rosanna Smart, Andrew R. Morral Sep. 09 2026

The Culture Around Us

Police officers guard a building entrance as masked drummers stand behind a barricade

Guns

What Gender Reveals About Police Firearm Use

Lisa Barao, Katharina Neissl Sep. 30 2026

Film still of a woman in a beret aiming a revolver on a street corner

Gun Violence

Bullets Have No Sex: The Rise of Women Gunfighters in Cinema

Monica Castillo Sep. 30 2026

Woman descends stairs in darkness as a figure’s shadow falls on a brick wall

Gun Violence

She Buys It, He Fires It

Anthony A. Braga, Marianna Mitchem Sep. 09 2026

Cover Photo Credit: Michael Szpot

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