Some experts speculate that if more women continue to become gun owners, it could have a “huge impact” on what the gun rights platform will look like.
“What the NRA couldn’t accomplish, the pandemic did, which is suddenly create this context of insecurity and chaos and uncertainty,” Carlson said. “The gun becomes a placeholder for security when there isn’t anything else to turn to.”
Desstoni Johnson, 28, has seen the demand for her gun safety classes in Arkansas double over the last two years. Her classes, which consist mostly of women of color and first-time gun owners, have doubled in size over the last two years, she said. that killed 10 Black people, clients have contacted Johnson saying they fear going to the grocery store, she said.
“I think that demand for training will continue to rise as people realize that we are all responsible for our own safety and we’re all our own first responders,” Johnson said.In general, women tend to rally around increasing gun safety, said Lara Smith, an attorney and spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, a group of 25,000 left-leaning gun owners.
Training that teaches gun owners how to ensure their weapon doesn’t pose a risk to them in the home and outside of it are particularly popular with the women in the club, she said. And they strongly support stricter enforcement of laws that restrict abusers from owning guns — regulations that aren’t always enforced, Smith said.Still, female gun owners are no monolith. Onefound that a majority of women supported laws requiring background checks for gun purchases, as well as preventing firearms sales to dangerous people and to people convicted of criminal misdemeanors .
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