In 2012, Miller was awarded the Clark Mollenhoff Award for Investigative Reporting by the Institute on Political Journalism for her "Washington Times" column series "Emily Gets Her Gun," in which she describes her attempt to legally acquire and register a handgun in Washington D.C. after experiencing a home invasion. In 2013, Miller was awarded the David & Goliath Award by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. In, 2013, Miller published a book expanding upon her work in this series, titled "Emily Gets Her Gun: But Obama Wants to Take Yours".