Since the attack in Orlando, many LGBT groups have been calling loudly for laws restricting gun ownership. But if anyone should be concerned about protecting the individual right to bear arms, it’s LGBT people. Violence toward LGBT people is real. The attacks are frenzied and quickly escalate from harassment, to fists, to something altogether different. People die. In the days since Orlando, Facebook membership in the pro-gun LGBT group, Pink Pistols, has quadrupled, from around 1,500 to more than 6,500, and new chapters are starting across the country. Gun stores are reporting a spike in sales to LGBT buyers, and gun trainers are reaching out, offering free training or discounts. These are people who understand that if you’re gay or transgender, you can’t simply hope that laws will protect you. They won’t. And you can’t rely on the police. Orlando is proof you could bleed to death in the time it takes for them to stop the shooter.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/opinion/the-lgbt-case-for-guns.html?ref=TheCenterNews.com
