Liberals, POC, LGBTQ gun buying

[Lawdog Dago Dom]

Why liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns : NPR

[Blackwater 53393]

The fact that these “groups” are now buying guns is incontrovertible!!

 

HOWEVER!!  The reasons are far more complex than what the author would have you believe!!

 

While it’s true that a few new purchasers have bought for the reason that the author claims, the majority of new purchasers have done so because they have come to realize that their safety is their own responsibility!! 
 

This upswing in gun ownership among the various profiles included in this article began during the Obama administration and greatly accelerated during Lyin’ Joe Biden’s term! 
 

There was a significant lull in purchases during the first Trump presidency and the same thing is happening again during the current administration!

 

What has been the major contributing factor in this phenomenon is that many urban areas have seen greater incidence of criminal activity and violence along with an unacceptable trend of refusal by prosecutors to charge and try the criminals and the actions by their city leaders to “defund police” or to vilify and fail to support law enforcement!! 

[Sedalia Dave]

Very biased article. Expected nothing less from NPR. 

 

[Sedalia Dave]

Now that I'm not typing on my phone I'll expand a little more.  

 

I know far left folks that have bought guns for the reasons stated in the NPR article.  I have also known some on the far right that have firearms for the same reasons as the far left.

 

I also know others both liberal and conservative, that have bought firearms for less paranoid reasons. They have come to realize that when seconds count the police are only minutes away.

 

The author cherry picked his research to support a foregone conclusion.

[Joe LaFives #5481]

8 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

"The author cherry picked his research to support a foregone conclusion."

Exactly - NPR's go to.

[Blackwater 53393]

8 hours ago, Joe LaFives #5481 said:

Exactly - NPR's go to.

Kinda’ like 60 Minutes!!