Just saw this in the NY Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/black-gun-ownership.html
It is interesting in a few ways. First, it speaks to anxieties that a lot are feeling these days: some folks afraid of antifa, some of white supremacists. But the firearm is what you turn to when you don't think the normal systems of society will protect you.
Secondly, this is the group that the NRA (or whoever is actually defending 2A rights these days) needs to reach out to. The population of the US if going to be more diverse over the next century, and base of gunowners is going to be diverse as well, if we can find a way to pull them in. Otherwise, we will just lose.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/black-gun-ownership.html
It is interesting in a few ways. First, it speaks to anxieties that a lot are feeling these days: some folks afraid of antifa, some of white supremacists. But the firearm is what you turn to when you don't think the normal systems of society will protect you.
Secondly, this is the group that the NRA (or whoever is actually defending 2A rights these days) needs to reach out to. The population of the US if going to be more diverse over the next century, and base of gunowners is going to be diverse as well, if we can find a way to pull them in. Otherwise, we will just lose.