“You can’t buy a weapon if you’re a convict and so these must be law-abiding folk.”
It’s the convicts’ girlfriends who buy the guns; hence, the high numbers for women purchasers.
In all honesty, hear me out. I am seeing a large number of Black Women in their 40’s and 50’s buying their first handgun AND taking the free instruction classes afterword. I do not believe these are straw purchasers. I believe they are scared of a world without police.