For decades, the image of gun ownership in America was white, rural and Republican, but that’s been changing, according to gun clubs, trainers, Second Amendment advocates and academic researchers.

They say more liberals, people of color and LGBTQ folks have been buying guns for years and particularly since Trump’s reelection in 2024. This story was based on more than 30 interviews. David Phillips is on the training team of the Liberal Gun Club, which has chapters in more than 30 states and provides a haven for liberals to train and learn about guns. He says club membership has grown from 2,700 in November to 4,500 today. Requests for training, he says, have quintupled.

“The concern is about the supporters of the right-wing who feel that they have been given permission to run roughshod at least, if not commit outright violence against people they don’t like,” Phillips says.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Pistols

    The Pink Pistols is an LGBTQ gun rights organization in the United States and Canada. Their motto is “Pick on someone your own caliber”.[1]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Shooting_Sports_of_Utah

    Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah is a group of gun rights advocates in Utah. It supports the Pink Pistols’ idea that was described nationally in 2000 by writer Jonathan Rauch for the legal, responsible and safe use of weapons for their self defense, recreation and shooting sports.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Rifle_Association

    The Socialist Rifle Association (SRA) is a socialist gun rights advocacy group based in the United States, which is dedicated to “providing working class people the information they need to be effectively armed for self and community defense.”[5][6][self-published source] The group advocates for Second Amendment gun rights from a left-wing perspective.[7]

    https://blog.socialistra.org/official-statement-on-recent-doj-discussions/

    Official Statement on Recent DOJ Discussions

    The Socialist Rifle Association opposes in the strongest terms the stripping away of gun rights for our trans comrades. Trump’s DOJ is far beyond the pale having floated the idea.