The answer may surprise you.
For those who follow Second Amendment issues closely, the fact that The New York Times published a relatively positive front-page article on Monday (Feb. 17) about the changing face of gun ownership came as a bit of a shock. The Gray Lady’s story asserted more people on the left are buying guns, and it strongly inferred the underlying cause is because Donald Trump is president.
The Times chose five subjects to amplify its premise: a transgender (male to female), a Latina woman, an Asian man, a Jewish male, and a black Latino male who had a political rebirth from progressive to conservative. The article claimed a “common thread” among these new gun owners: “[N]ew fears about political violence and hate crimes, and a diminished trust in law enforcement.”
The five people the NYT…
