Ayesha Roscoe

I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is a Sunday Story from Up First, where we go beyond the news of the day to bring you one big story.

Five years ago, rioters stormed the U.S.

Capitol here in Washington to try to overturn the 2020 election.

It was the largest demonstration of domestic political violence in modern memory.

Since President Trump began his second term,

Some people fear more unrest.

My colleague, Frank Langfitt, has been looking into how some people are responding to this fear, which led him to a gun range in Maryland to meet someone who goes every week.

His name is Charles.

Charles bought his first gun in the last year.

He showed Frank how he's practicing reloading his pistol.

When we come back, NPR's roving national correspondent, Frank Langfitt, tells us what's driven Charles to embrace guns and the growing national trend he represents.

We'll be right back.

We're back with the Sunday Story.

Frank Langfitt, welcome to the program.

So, Frank, what drew you to this topic and to Charles?

So what's Charles, like, specifically afraid of?

I mean, that's really striking to hear.

Of course, you know, Charles, he's just one person.

How do we know that he represents something bigger?

Like, how many people did you talk to?