The feminist case for gun control has gained some traction in reaction to a stupid thing said by a Democratic state representative in Colorado. In a clumsily-worded statement, Joe Salazar suggested that women might not know whether they are about to be sexually assaulted and accidentally fire on an innocent passer-by. The statement was rightly derided as paternalistic and disrespectful, but brought attention to a broader line of thought – that contrary to Salazar’s insinuation, women have a special interest in broad gun rights. This argument has been put forward by various interlocutors in piecemeal, and more thoroughly in a 1996 article by Inge Anna Larish defending gun rights from a feminist perspective.