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The article “Why I Picked Up a Gun” by Tiffany Hyatt was published on the ifeminists.com website on 13th of May, 2003.

Considering that the article was published online, we can say that the article is aimed at readers who use the internet to inform themselves. Because the website on which the article was published has a specific theme – individual feminism (feminist ideas promoting women's individual responsibility for their own life, among others) – we can conclude that the writer aims to reach readers who are interested in topics related to individual feminism.

In her article, Hyatt addresses women, specifically American women, because she mentions the importance of girls being educated on the history of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution (l. 67) and the American spirit of self-reliance: “Back then women were just as accustomed to defending the homestead as...