I’m A Black Female College Professor in Texas. Should I Get a Gun?

[S_B_Jackson]

10. Should she get a gun???

Ultimately she - and all other individuals - must find this answer for herself. If she decides that she should, then I am quite happy that she will be able to do so without the state throwing up arbitrary and capricious roadblocks to her rights as law-abiding citizen to do so.

If she decides she should get a gun, I would urge her to approach that decision seriously and to get proper safety training classes by a certified instructor - and to make it a habit to shoot regularly to maintain her awareness. If she decides to carry a firearm, then I would hope that she would further her training by taking advanced level training courses - and to practice those additional learned skills so that they become habit.

I know that over the last 15 years that the numbers of minorities - and women - who are seeking permits and training have been visibly increasing and in the last recertification class for my CHL that over half of those seeking an initial permit about 1/3rd were women, and all but of them most were AA or Hispanic.