Pink Pistols

The Pink Pistols are a gay gun rights organization in the United States and Canada. Their mottos are "Armed gays don't get bashed" and "Pick on someone your own caliber." Inspired by a Salon.com Article by Jonathan Rauch, [ [http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2000/03/14/pistol/index.html?sid=681403 Pink pistols - Salon.com ] ] Doug Krick, a libertarian activist from Massachusetts, founded the Pink Pistols in July 2000. The organization now has 48 Chapters in 32 States and 2 countries that are principally made up of gun-owning LGBT individuals, though neither status is mandatory for membership. [ [http://www.pinkpistols.org/local.html Pink Pistols ] ]

The political orientation of the Pink Pistols is considered unusual due to the popular perception in the United States of firearms ownership as a "conservative issue" and sexuality as a "liberal issue." However, there is nothing within either of these two single-issues that is mutually exclusive and a variety of other pro-gun organizations exist for groups not typically associated with gun rights (for example the "Democrats for the Second Amendment").

Pink Pistols activities include firing range visits and political activism. The group occasionally produces report cards on politicians, rating their position on issues of interest to members. According to pinkpistols.org,

The Pink Pistol's symbol consists of an overhead view of a picto-person aiming a handgun in an isosceles stance super-imposed on a pink triangle. The pink triangle, now a gay pride and gay rights symbol, was originally a badge that homosexual concentration camp victims had to wear during the Holocaust.

References

ee also

* Gay rights
* Outright Libertarians

External links

* [http://www.pinkpistols.com The Pink Pistols] , official website
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock070102.asp "Coming Out of the Closet: These guys won’t be victims"] , from the "National Review"
* [http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/14/pistol/index.html Pink Pistols] from "Salon.com"