More media waking up to new gun owners not fitting old mold

For years, people kind of guessed about who the average gun owner was. They were white, older, middle or upper class, and tended to vote a certain way.

Their guesses weren’t generally wrong. It wasn’t universal by any stretch, but the guys you saw going into the gun store tended to fit that mold more often than not.

However, since the pandemic, things have changed. People of all different strips started descending upon gun stores.

The media is coming to recognize this.
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