THE GUN-CONTROL MOVEMENT IS A MOVEMENT OF OLD, WHITE MEN: New York Times: The Rising Voice of Gun Ownership is Female. “Women’s participation in shooting sports has surged over the last decade, increasing by 51.5 percent for target shooting from 2001 to 2011, to just over 5 million women, and by 41.8 percent for hunting, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. Gun sales to women have risen in concert.”