Gun ownership among LGBTQ individuals and left-leaning groups has surged in recent months as fears of targeted violence and political oppression escalated ahead of the 2024 election, according to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer and also covered by the New York Post. And with the pending inauguration of Donald Trump’s second term, those numbers continue to climb among … Read more
From Operation Blazing Sword-Pink Pistols . . . It is the position of Operation Blazing Sword – Pink Pistols that the recently-passed Oregon Ballot Measure 114 imposes a burdensome “permit to purchase” scheme upon all citizens, including marginalized and at-risk groups such as queer people. Much like North Carolina’s Pistol Purchase Permit, a Jim Crow-era … Read more
By Desiderius Erasmus, a Guns Save Life member The “typical” gun owner is often characterized by many bigoted non-gun-owners as a right wing, redneck, beer-guzzling, low IQ Neanderthal who is just itchin’ to pull the trigger. But times have changed, and now a whole lot of those non-gun-owners – who used to be dismissive of … Read more
This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. Texas legislator wants to diminish the right to home defense According to State Representative Terry Meza, Texans shouldn’t have the right to use lethal force when defending their homes. Meza filed … Read more
At 17, Fanaeian co-founded the Utah chapter of March for Our Lives, a nationwide, student-led campaign born out of the 2017 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead. In 2018, she helped organize a massive event where roughly 8,000 protesters met at the state Capitol to demand stricter gun laws. … Read more
Big news from the LGBTQ community: Pink Pistols has united with Operation Blazing Sword. The two pro-gun, gay gun owner-oriented groups have joined forces to promote, educate and empower gays in America under the leadership of Erin Palette (pictured above). After all, armed gays don’t get bashed. Pink Pistols started almost twenty years ago. Its … Read more
Bank Withheld $1.6 Million From Top Bump Stock Maker After Las Vegas Shooting The financial system’s attack on gun makers and equipment companies started earlier than we knew . . . The inventor and manufacturer of the bump stock is suing the bank that once processed its online sales, claiming the financial institution is holding … Read more
Two years after the Orlando nightclub massacre, gay Americans are arming themselves to stay alive Armed self defense is everyone’s right . . . “I DON’T want to get beaten to death, stabbed and burnt alive,” a slight woman with long blond hair and a checked shirt says. “I want a gun to feel equal.” … Read more
Pink Pistols International First Speaker Gwendolyn Patton has issued the following statement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Philadelphia, PA) June 12, 2016: Early Sunday, around 2AM Eastern Time, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando was attacked by an armed individual. Approximately 20 persons were killed and over double that wounded when the attacker, whom police have identified as … Read more
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