Guns
'The Second Amendment should be equal': The National African American Gun Association group continues to grow
The group emphasizes the need for Black gun owners to know their rights. “The Second Amendment is one of the least utilized rights within the African American community,” an Iowa chapter founder said.
Melody MercadoDes Moines Register
DES MOINES, Iowa – DeeAnn Pilate was against guns for most of her life.
In fact, she hated them, she said. But something changed in September when she went to a range with her husband, Steven Pilate, a gun enthusiast, and learned how to properly hold and shoot a firearm.
Now the 53-year-old Des Moines woman has a concealed carry permit for the .380 pocket pistol with which she regularly travels — it fits perfectly into her small hands, she said — and she and her husband belong to the National African American Gun Association.