Monthly Archives: June 2019

Spring 2019 Update

As we close out spring and welcome the beginning of summer, I’d like to take a few moments to let people know all that Operation Blazing Sword and Pink Pistols have accomplished lately. Training and Education Operation Blazing Sword continues its pattern of teaching, on average, at least one queer person how to safely operate a firearm every other week.…

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Pulse: Three Years Later

Pulse: Three Years Later Gwen Patton, First Speaker Emeritus, on What Pulse Means to the Pink Pistols Three years ago, a 23-year-old security guard armed with a .223-caliber rifle forced his way into the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. He then went on to shoot the persons he found inside, wounding 53 and killing 49. He was killed after a…