An Associated Press article on black women’s changing views on guns discussed our new study that we released last week. The article appeared in hundreds of publications in the US and around the world. Among other places, the story was picked up was ABC News, New York Daily News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Austin American-Statesman, Boston Herald, Denver Post, Detroit News, Detroit CBS, Houston Chronicle, Japan Times, Kansas City Star, Miami Herald, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, The UK Daily Mail, WBT, Christian Science Monitor, British Columbia Local News.
Here is a video that went with the article. The first fact about the growth in concealed handgun permits in Texas is from the CPRC report.
Here is part of the Associated Press article.
It’s hard to find definitive statistics on gun ownership, but a study by the Pew Research Center released this month indicated that just 16 percent of “non-white women” identified themselves as gun owners, compared with about 25 percent of white women. Other Pew surveys in recent years have shown a growing acceptance of firearms among African-Americans: In 2012, one found that less than a third of black households viewed gun ownership as positive; three years later, that number had jumped. By then, 59 percent of black families saw owning guns as a necessity.
Few states track gun permits by race or gender. But a recent study by gun-rights advocate and researcher John Lott showed that black women outpaced other races and genders in securing concealed carry permits between 2000 and 2016 in Texas, one of the few states that keep detailed demographic information. . . .
The entire article is available here.
It made the Post & Courier, Charleston, SC.
Congratulations, John!!!!!