Here is a link on gun violence against women:
Too Many Victims of Gun Violence Are Women : Ms. Magazine Blog
Information from the link....
In 2008, 7,451 women were treated in emergency rooms across America for gunshot wounds, 66 percent of which were assault-related. In 2007, 1,865 women were murdered with firearms. Firearms are more common in abusive homes, and batterers often threaten their victims with guns, sometimes implicitly, by cleaning, holding or loading guns during arguments.