Chicks With Guns

Chicks with Guns is a gorgeous and provocative exploration of the powerful connection between women and their firearms. Lindsay McCrum, who knew how to lock, load, and shoot before she was 12, took a photographic journey to find other women who loved guns. The result is a captivating series of portraits that reveal an unexpected complexity behind each woman’s attachment. For some, guns represent family and belonging. For others, they symbolize rebellion. Still others find their weapons empowering. Every photo tells a story enhanced by the woman’s own words. Here are a gun-toting bride, an only daughter who received her first .22-caliber rifle as a Christmas present when she was six, and a woman whose skills at the target range far exceed her husband’s. There are policewomen and hunters, ranchers and grandmothers. Although all of these remarkable women share a fondness for guns, no two of them are alike.