Black females are the fastest growing concealed carry demographic. There are good reasons for this, given the over representation of minorities in high crime areas, and the traditional increased vulnerability of women in those areas.
One thing most shooters today are not aware of is that gun control was very much a civil rights issue as many southern states and jurisdictions made it harder for blacks to carry handguns for self protection. I still see the echoes of this in the form of high permit fees and training costs that make it more difficult for minorities, who are over represented in low socioeconomic status, to obtain concealed carry permits - over and above the issues with arrests being used as the new Jim Crow laws in some jurisdictions.
In that regard, one thing I notice at the local range here in NC is a subtle and sometimes not so subtle judging of minorities who show up at the range. That's not only morally wrong, it is massively counter productive from a 2A perspective.
I don't care whether shooters are:
- conservatives or liberals;
- legal immigrants or decedents of the Mayflower;
- male, female (or one of the recently added options that I find confusing);
- straight, homosexual, bisexual or poly;
- black, white, brown, yellow or red;
- rich or poor.
What I care about is that they are interested in shooting, whether for recreation, target practice, hunting, competition, or self defense.
We ALL need to feel that way as every shooter we make feel unwelcome and lose is a vote we lose in the 2A political fight.
