Black women are the fastest growing group of gun owners. This instructor has taught 2,000 students how to safely bear arms.

Yahoo ^ | October 6, 2022 | Brittany Jones-Cooper

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During the pandemic, gun and ammunition sales spiked dramatically in the United States — particularly among Black women, who have become the fastest growing group of gun owners in the country.

“In 2021, we were just coming outta COVID and violence was at an all-time high, riots were at an all-time high and human trafficking is at an all-time high,” licensed gun instructor Robin Evans tells Yahoo Life as a way to explain the rise. “So at that moment, I feel like there was a huge shift in Black people, in general, just wanting to learn how to defend themselves.”

After noticing the increasing reports of violence against women in 2021, Evans founded Chicks with Triggers, a business dedicated to teaching women, and specifically Black women, how to safely use firearms.

“When I got into this, there was no one who looked like me, and so I decided to create that lane for people to come and know that they have a safe space," says Evans. “When I first started, I didn't even know women would come. I thought maybe a woman here and there, but man, they came through the gates running. I just hit another milestone of 2,000 people that I have trained since I started in 2021."

As the daughter of a former New York Police Department officer, Evans grew up around firearms, and remembers being 17 when her father took her to a shooting range. It was the first time she held a gun. “He’s the one who actually showed me how to use it … taught me everything about guns,” says Evans.

As an adult, Evans got her instruction certification from the National Rifle Association (NRA), and also through the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

[Fai Mao]

Geez, as crazy as most black women are, I’m not sure I like this

[EandH Dad]

This is exactly why ammunition is so expensive. FJB

[Gay State Conservative]

I can see why a decent,law abiding black woman...or man...would want a gun.Particularly if they live anywhere near a Martin Luther King Blvd.

[Brandonmark]

Went to a gun store recently and was surprised at the number of blacks in there. I made comment to the clerk and he said; “This is good, they are legally buying weapons, enrolling in gun safety classes and are buying for self protection!”

[CopperTop]

“..When I got into this, there was no one who looked like me, and so I decided to create that lane for people to come and know that they have a safe space" says Evans.."

I think it's great that she can do this and has found a niche market.

But dayum, does skin color hafta be an issue in everysinglefrigginthing?

[bigfootbob]

So true. I’m surprised really it took this long. Baby daddies beware. It’s a new day comin’.

[Secret Agent Man]

Given how black women as a demographic, behave, I am not comforted by this trend to arm them.

[Secret Agent Man]

Please the only reason they have so many baby daddies is because they open their legs to them. Cripes.

[nwrep]

95% Democrat

[Organic Panic]

Black women need to stop bedding thugs and raising thugs as single moms.

[Hiddigeigei]

When I drove through a middle-class well-kept black neighborhood, I noticed the unusually large number of houses with bars on the windows.

[Hiddigeigei]

"Given how black women as a demographic, behave, I am not comforted by this trend to arm them."
Put yourself in their shoes, wouldn't you arm yourself?

[gundog]

I suspect many of their weapons will be “borrowed” by homeboys, if indeed they weren’t purchased for homeboys.