Black firearm owners still represent a relatively small portion of the gun-owning population, with 9.3 percent of gun owners being Black men and 5.4 percent Black women. Nearly 56 percent of US ...

Black women who once hated guns are embracing them as ... And there was no time the 52-year-old felt safer than when holding a weapon like the one her friend Mark “Choppa” Manley ...

India M. Beaty, a 25-year-old Virginia woman, was fatally shot Saturday by two Norfolk police officers after making a "threatening motion" with a fake gun, according to WVEC. Beaty was arguing ...

But across the country, Black women — who for years have seen their communities disproportionately affected by gun violence — see the issue also in terms of underlying disinvestment and poverty.

Gun ownership: Growing number of black women getting firearms, ... According to the CPRC, North Carolina women holding permits increased from 21 percent in 2012 to 29 percent in 2017.

Widely circulated videos showed a white woman pointing a gun at a Black woman as she filmed with her cellphone in a parking lot in Orion Township, Mich. Skip to content Skip to site index U.S.

More and more black women are becoming gun owners. Research shows that many African-American households now see having a gun as essential. It was her first time holding and firing a gun. “It's ...

Black firearm owners still represent a relatively small portion of the gun-owning population, with 9.3% of gun owners being Black men and 5.4% Black women. Nearly 56% of U.S. gun owners are white men.

Black firearm owners still represent a relatively small portion of the gun-owning population, with 9.3% of gun owners being Black men and 5.4% Black women. Nearly 56% of U.S. gun owners are white men.