As Binalakshmi Nepram, founder of the Women Gun Survivors Network, recently put it , the marketing of guns to women as a solution to rape and sexual violence is nothing more than an "admission of failure" of a system that is bound to uphold equality. Stars Screen Binge Culture Media. She is originally from venezuela and believes strongly in the right to protect herself. There is enough evidence to suggest that the argument for guns as self-defense, and particularly the defense of women, is not only an invalid but also a dangerous one.