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Gun sales rise among Black people as they look for firearm training and education
Gun sales rise among Black people as they look for firearm training and education
Deborah Roberts grew up in a family of gun owners. But it wasn't until March this year that the 68-year-old finally pulled the trigger and purchased her own firearm.
"I think the rhetoric and how things are stirred up in the country just made me feel like, if not now, then when?" Roberts told CNN on Sunday morning at the South River Gun Club in Covington with gun shots ringing nearby.
It was Ladies Day at the range, an event put on by the National African American Gun Association's Atlanta chapter. More than a dozen women, some for the first time, came out to work on their shooting and learn about firearm safety -- and to have fun doing it.
All but one of them is African American.
They're not alone: Amid a recent nationwide surge in gun sales, these women are part of the growing coalition of gun owners that is increasingly made up of people of color, experts say.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/us/black-gun-owners-sales-rising/index.html
Deborah Roberts grew up in a family of gun owners. But it wasn't until March this year that the 68-year-old finally pulled the trigger and purchased her own firearm.
"I think the rhetoric and how things are stirred up in the country just made me feel like, if not now, then when?" Roberts told CNN on Sunday morning at the South River Gun Club in Covington with gun shots ringing nearby.
It was Ladies Day at the range, an event put on by the National African American Gun Association's Atlanta chapter. More than a dozen women, some for the first time, came out to work on their shooting and learn about firearm safety -- and to have fun doing it.
All but one of them is African American.
They're not alone: Amid a recent nationwide surge in gun sales, these women are part of the growing coalition of gun owners that is increasingly made up of people of color, experts say.
Cross posted from GD-
It has been often said that we would quickly get gun control if more black people started buying guns. It appears that is in process.
Will Republicans start changing their position on gun control?
Will more women and minorities buying guns affect the way Democratic candidates approach gun control?
Also this runs contrary to the dogma that all new gun purchases are being made by conservative white males who already own many guns. Should gun control groups consider that 'what everyone knows is true' may not, in reality, be true?
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