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One woman who attended the ladies night event walks away from her lane carrying her paper target practice sheet. Researchers interviewed about 4,000 people.

About a third of white people said they own a gun. Notably, a quarter of black people interviewed by The Pew Research Center in a 2017 study said they own a gun. “I think gun ownership is a personal choice that doesn’t have anything to do with sex or gender,” she said.ĭata show there are some gaps in gun ownership along race and gender lines. But she doesn’t attribute that to race or gender. Shields said she is one of the only black women in her social circle that owns a gun. “And so this is just a perfect night to come out with a bunch of girls and be comfortable and be comfortable with the gun.”

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“I purchased a firearm, but I think it’s important to know how to use it,” Shields said. She said she wanted to attend the event because it seemed like a fun way to relax. Reed admitted to being fearful about her surroundings, but LaTonya Shields said she is not afraid - with or without a firearm. “At least let me try to protect myself as much as possible.”

“I had someone try to steal my car, so I know it’s serious now,” Reed said. But she was looking for a different kind of empowerment, saying that she wanted to learn about guns and shooting for safety purposes. Standing behind her in line, Tinica Reed said she, too, wanted to try her hand at shooting paper targets. Women wait in line to pay and register to shoot on the range at Sharpshooters Pit & Grill on July 19. Related: Missouri gun laws and Illinois gun laws “I saw it (the event) online on Facebook, and it said it was pretty much empowering black females, so I thought I would try it,” Forster said.

One of those women was first-time shooter Trish Foster. Within minutes of the event’s start time, dozens of women were lined up at the counter at the shooting range signing their waivers and getting directions from range employees. Soon, hundreds of people expressed interest in the event - many of them using the comments section discussing how useful they thought the activity would be for women.

Related: After Police Shooting On Campus, Black Oregonians Talk Gun OwnershipĪshe created a Facebook event to attract people’s interest in something she also enjoys doing.

“So I thought it was really important for black women, women of color, to come together and have this experience together while also building community.” “Often we don’t get the same protection and we don’t know how to protect ourselves,” she said. Louisan Ohun Ashe.Īshe said she thought the event would be a good way to help women of color understand more about firearms and gun safety. But Brown and other women were attending an event organized by St. Thursdays are typically ladies' night at the shooting range on Gravois Road near Affon, when practicing on the range is $5. But on a recent Thursday in July she was bonding with other women of color at Sharpshooter's Pit and Grill over guns and targets. “Like, I want to go again, but I think I’ma pass and come back next Thursday.”īrown comes to the range with her husband often. When asked about her time on the gun range, Brown responded with a smile. Her target sheet, riddled with bullet holes, showed she knows what she’s doing.