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Frank Langfitt

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
548 total appearances

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Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, out of the 70s.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

Back then, it was a very, very tough neighborhood and a lot of crime.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

And my mother was very strong in the church, and she forbade me to have any sort of guns to play with.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

So I couldn't even play with a water gun.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

Charles' view of guns really changed after President Trump got a second term.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

And Charles began to think a lot differently.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

I have a family.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

I have daughters.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

I have a wife.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

I have a home.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

And Charles isn't the only person in his household thinking about self-protection.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

When I met him at the range, he'd also brought along his daughter.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

Her name's Charlie.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

She's 19 years old.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

But there she was, pointing a pistol at a target, working on her aim and technique.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

Charlie's here at the range with her dad to learn how to protect herself.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

Of course, she worries about random crime.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

She also is afraid of being targeted because of her race.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

The day after the election, a man drove onto her college campus and yelled racial slurs at Black students.

Up First from NPR
Why More Liberals Are Buying Guns

Knowing how to shoot, how does that make you feel?