LGBTQ people flock to shooting ranges ahead of Trump inauguration

A report from Philadelphia Investigator indicates that LGBTQ groups and other members of liberal voting blocs are buying guns to defend themselves ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.

According to the Investigator“The…Liberal Gun Club…has received thousands of training requests since the election, more than in all of 2023,” a quarter of which came from members of the LGBTQ community.

The Socialist Rifle Association also saw an increase in membership, as did the Pink Pistols.

The slogan of one of the Pink Pistols reads: “Gays with guns don’t get beaten up.”

Matthew Thompson, a gay resident of New Jersey, said: “The people I’ve seen on the left and gay people buying guns for the first time, it’s all about self-defense and fear… We’re not looking for not to arm themselves and storm the Capitol. We just don’t want to be sent to concentration camps.”

The Baltimore Banner noted that one of the owners of Club Car of Baltimore, Ryan Haase, is also urging members of the LGBTQ community to get married before Trump’s inauguration.

Haase said: “Same-sex marriage is both a right and a privilege that we must celebrate and protect. We want to encourage and support all members of our community who wish to get married ahead of any imminent policy changes that may occur over the next four years.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is a political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a professional member of Pulsar Night Vision, and director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a visiting scholar at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and holds a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up for Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Contact him directly: awrhawkins@breitbart.com