Black women seeing guns as protection from rising crime

Associated Press ^ | September 1, 2021 | Corey Williams

[Olog-hai]

Valerie Rupert raised her right arm, slightly shaking and unsure as she aimed at the paper target representing a burglar, a robber or even a rapist.

The 67-year-old Detroit grandmother squeezed the trigger, the echo of her shot blending into the chorus of other blasts by other women off the small gun range walls.

“I was a little nervous, but after I shot a couple of times, I enjoyed it,” said Rupert, among 1,000 or so mostly Black women taking part in free weekend gun safety and shooting lessons at two Detroit-area ranges.

Black women like Rupert increasingly are considering gun ownership for personal protection, according to industry experts and gun rights advocates. […]

Black firearm owners still represent a relatively small portion of the gun-owning population, with 9.3% of gun owners being (b)lack men and 5.4% (b)lack women. Nearly 56% of U.S. gun owners are white men. Over 16% are white women, the Newtown, Connecticut-based National Shooting Sports Foundation says. …

[Olog-hai]

Most of this screed is garbage, talking about “white nationalism” and the protest at the Michigan Capitol, the 2020 (s)election and George Floyd, but not about defunding the cops.

[Gene Eric]

Yup, the stats in the excerpt are very much misleading.

[Jeff Chandler]

Black firearm owners still represent a relatively small portion of the gun-owning population, with 9.3% of gun owners being (b)lack men and 5.4% (b)lack women.

At 14.7%, black people are over-represented on the basis of their percentage of the population.

[Veggie Todd]

This will just give us more First 48 episodes.

[Lazamataz]

More gun owners. I see little downside, the more that own, the more that will resist and deny gun control and confiscation.

[proud American in Canada]

Good for them! I applaud people who take care of themselves and their families.

[dsc]

More guns, less crime.

No way around it. It’s one of the immutable laws of nature.

[Pontiac]

“We have communication channels with them, and we expect them to reopen their embassy in Kabul, and we also want to have trade relations with them.”

If black women are starting to think outside the Democrat box on firearms how long before they recognize that Democrats really are not representing their interest in other areas.

Gun Control (confiscation) is a core Democrat goal.

[alexander_busek]

Black firearm owners still represent a relatively small portion of the gun-owning population, with 9.3% of gun owners being (b)lack men and 5.4% (b)lack women.

Jeff Chandler: At 14.7%, black people are over-represented on the basis of their percentage of the population.

Incorrect!

If Blacks were proportionally represented, we would expect 14.7% of all gun-owners to be Black (both sexes).

I understand: Statistics can be daunting!

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

Black women seeing guns as protection from rising crime

Next year's headlines: Gun-violence rises! Black men disproportionally impacted! Racism suspected!

Regards,

[freedumb2003]

Paste error?lol

[freedumb2003]

No, yiu have to look at the percentage of black owners as a percentage of gun owners, not the general popukation,

[Cecily]

Changing a mentality from “government take care of me” to “I will take care of myself” is progress.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Where are they finding ammo?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

A potential new source of stolen guns for inner city perps. Steal from Auntie.

[Organic Panic]

Stop raising black thugs as single mothers.

[COBOL2Java]

At my range I often see folks in instructor-led training. Many times the class is full of black women learning to shoot.

[RideForever]

Seems like the Black welfare moms could use some range time with their weapons, but don’t have the finances to support their self-defense.

Isn’t that racist? /s

[Pontiac]

Seems like the Black welfare moms could use some range time with their weapons, but don’t have the finances to support their self-defense.

Don’t worry your sweet little head about it.

The social welfare state will find a way for you to find the money.