Hm, I wonder why that is? Maybe it's just that you can easily figure out online these days that downing a bottle of pills isn't going to kill you? I wonder if gun ownership has gone up in recent years...
It has gone up quite drastically, lemme find it, and yea I think people are getting the idea that dying of drugs ain't gonna cut it and I think it also has to do with changing gender dynamics in a way.
In 2020, women made up an estimated 40% of all first-time gun purchasers in the U.S. .
From January 2019 to April 2021, approximately 3.5 million women became new gun owners—almost half of all first-time buyers during that period .
Although that share dipped slightly in 2021, women still accounted for over 33% of new gun buyers that year.
women were historically underrepresented in firearm ownership. For example:
In 2024, about 25% of U.S. women owned a gun, compared to ~40% of men .
But when it comes to new purchasers, women have accounted for up to half of them in recent years .
They now make up roughly one-third to nearly half of first-time buyers, especially in 2020 when their share peaked.
Female gun ownership overall remains lower than men's—but the pace of growth among women is disproportionately high.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported 40% in 2020 and just over 33% in 2021 were women.
"Women comprised 40 percent of first‑time gun purchasers" in 2020, and among new gun owners from 2019–2021, "approximately half were women" .
In 2024, approximately 25% of American women (about 42 million) personally owned a firearm .
Men reported a higher rate at about 40%, showing the gender ownership gap persists, but has narrowed over time .
National averages from Pew and Gallup surveys indicate that overall, about one in three adults (32–33%) own a gun —consistent with the 25% female rate and 40% male rate.
While no full nationwide 2025 survey yet,
Trends from 2023–2024 show steady incremental increases among women.
Moreover, new gun ownership surged during 2020–2023, then modestly tapered into 2024
"The rate of gun ownership among women in America is rising…" bolstered women only clubs and a broader cultural shift.