{"id":1741756,"date":"2022-11-17T06:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1741756"},"modified":"2022-11-17T06:47:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:47:58","slug":"at-the-concealed-carry-expo-theres-a-new-kind-of-gun-owner-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-the-concealed-carry-expo-theres-a-new-kind-of-gun-owner-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"At The Concealed Carry Expo, There\u2019s A New Kind Of Gun Owner In Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-the-concealed-carry-expo-theres-a-new-kind-of-gun-owner-in-town%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1741756&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Nikkita Gordon was walking home after her shift at a Waffle House in Carrollton, Georgia when she realized a man who had been watching her inside the restaurant for several hours was now following her across the parking lot. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018I\u2019m going to walk you home,\u2019 and I said, \u2018I\u2019ve got nothing on me.\u2019 All I had was a jacket,\u201d Gordon told me, as she explained the design behind her patented gun holster and its ability to be sewn into the inner lining of any garment. Gordon had never held a firearm before her encounter with the Waffle House stranger who she would later find out was a registered sex offender. Now she\u2019s the founder and CEO of Cute &#038; Cocky Firearm Accessories and Apparel.<\/p>\n<p>Nikkita Gordon is the CEO and founder of Cute &#038; Cocky. <\/p>\n<p>Gordon, 26, was just one of the countless women attending this weekend\u2019s Conceal Carry and Home Defense Expo, hosted by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA). The expo was not your stereotypical white, male gun show crowd, sprinkled with a handful of token vendors aimed at women. This time, it was the attendees, not the event organizers who seemed to be driving the diversity. <\/p>\n<p>Moms walked around wearing baby carriers and breastfed infants while sitting in seminars. Grandmothers pushed strollers around the exhibit hall where rows of floor space were dedicated to belly bands, leggings, purses, and other products designed to help women conceal carry. <\/p>\n<p>Keeping with their mission to train and educate, the USCCA expo featured a live-fire indoor range where attendees could try out new guns, as well as seminars and demonstrations offered throughout the weekend. Experts covered topics such as \u201cConcealed Carry for Women,\u201d \u201cIntruder Awareness &#038; Church Security Reality-Based Training,\u201d and \u201cChildren\u2019s Firearm Safety Fundamentals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Fort Worth Convention Center on a November Saturday is any indication, there\u2019s a new kind of gun owner in America, and the gun industry is taking note. <\/p>\n<p>According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, 2020\u2019s record-breaking surge in new gun ownership was more than just a spike. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-retailer-surveys-indicate-5-4-million-first-time-gun-buyers-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSSF survey <\/a>of gun retailers found that 40 percent of Americans making firearm purchases were buying one for the first time, and of those first-time buyers, 40 percent were women. Gun stores also found that 58 percent of firearm purchases were by black men and women, \u201cthe largest increase of any demographic group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tim Schmidt, president and founder of USCCA, said his organization, which focuses on education, training, and self-defense insurance for gun owners, has seen USCCA membership align with this new demographic of gun owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive years ago in America, the gun owner was a white, conservative male. Now it\u2019s all over the map, just like our country,\u201d Schmidt told The Federalist. <\/p>\n<p>Katie Pointer Baney, USCAA\u2019s managing director of government affairs, said she attributes the shift to a \u201cself-defense awakening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s Covid or civil unrest, I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Five years ago in America, the gun owner was a white, conservative male. 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