‘Fear on top of fear’: Why anti-gun Americans joined the wave of new gun ownersAll his life, Jabril Battle was anti-gun. LEFT: Williams-Adir says having a gun at home means she no longer feels the need to rely on the police. “Typically, my customers were always White men and White women concerned about who was president and what restrictions were coming,” said Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works in Austin. “It just felt like we needed to be able to defend ourselves,” Williams-Adir said, speaking especially of Black women. In her conservative community, she sensed a lot of fear that a Democratic administration would impose strict gun controls.

Source: Washington Post July 10, 2021 21:08 UTC