GOING PINK
The Pink Pistols is a nationwide LGBTQ Gun Rights organization with over 45 chapters and more than 10,000 members. They’re dedicated to the legal, safe, and responsible use of firearms for self-defense of the sexual-minority community.
The gun rights world has been expanding for some time, but if you don’t move in these circles, you might’ve missed how diverse it’s become. Media representations, political speech, cultural biases, and even mainstream gun rights marketing can easily let you believe it’s 1965 if you don’t look too hard. We recently sat down with Ermiya Fanaeian, who founded the Salt Lake City chapter of The Pink Pistols, to find out what it’s like being one growing facet of the new face of the Second Amendment.
RECOIL: So, Ermiya, who are you, and what is The Pink Pistols?
I’m an LGBTQ political organizer and the director of the Salt Lake City Pink Pistols. The Pink Pistols is an organization focused on arming LGBTQ
