Advocacy for firearms, the Second Amendment, shooting sports, and self-defense have long been the domains of Conservatives across America.
This from wndnewscenter.org.
The Left, on the other hand, largely have adopted a unified voice in demanding gun limits, restrictions, even outright bans.
That is until recently.
A report from Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard explained that even now:
[B[anning guns is a favorite [topic] for Democrats.
However, he continued:
[T]hey should be careful pushing too hard because the latest data about who is buying and shooting guns look a lot like a list of liberal Democratic voters.
He cited a new study from the National Shooting Sports Foundation that discovered:
New shooters are more likely to be black, Democrats, Hispanic or Latino, younger, female, and from a large city or suburb. There are large increases in the percentages of new shooters who are young, female, and from a large city or suburban area.
He noted the organization’s report, Firearm Ownership & Sports Shooting Participation Report, specifically pointed out:
Compared to 2020, the percentage of new shooters who are Democrats nearly doubled.
He noted that the percentage of adults shooting for fun has nearly doubled, with nearly 25% of the adults now shooting and buying guns and ammunition.
Joe Bartozzi, the NSSF’s president, said in the report:
These are encouraging figures that are consistent with the other trends we see in the monthly FBI background checks and industry production reports reflecting growth in firearm ownership. Safe and responsible firearm ownership goes hand in hand with regular participation in the shooting sports.
Plus, the more trained and proficient gun handlers and concealed carriers in the nation, the safer We the People are—from perpetrators with bad intent and from our tyrannic government.
Final thoughts, two questions: If a Leftist owns and carries a gun, will he/she eventually cease to be a Leftist? Or does that mean he/she has become an armed threat?
