It is my honor and privilege to apprise you all of the current status of Operation Blazing Sword – Pink Pistols and what we have accomplished in the past year. I am pleased to inform you that 2019 was our best year yet. We taught at least 50 students in the basics of safe firearm handling and operation, which is…
Operation Blazing Sword Adds Chris Cheng to Board Chris Cheng, History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion, joins Operation Blazing Sword/Pink Pistols Board of Directors (Daytona Beach, Florida) Operation Blazing Sword is adding its newest member, Chris Cheng, to the Board of Directors. Cheng made his name winning History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 competition in 2012, earning a $100,000…
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.…
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…
Founder of the Pink Pistols Passes Away Oct 23, 2018 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (Oct. 23, 2018) – The Pink Pistols mourn the loss of their founder, Douglas “ Krikket” Krick. On October 21, his mother Anne Shutters Krick announced that Doug had taken his own life after a lifelong battle with depression. “Doug changed the course of my life, and…
World’s Largest LGBTQ Pro-Gun Group Forms Sept 23, 2018 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (Sept 23, 2018) – The 33rd Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC 2018) in Chicago became the site of a historic announcement for the LGBTQ community. The Pink Pistols – the nation’s first pro-gay, pro-gun group – is joining forces with Operation Blazing Sword, a program dedicated…
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|54px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.15″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.15″] Our Statement Regarding SB 7026 March 12, 2018 [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.15″] Operation Blazing Sword wishes to state in unequivocal terms that Florida bill SB 7026, aka the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, is terrible. Queer people under 21 are denied their Constitutional right to buy a firearm for self-defense.…
Pulse: Two Years Later June 12, 2018 Two years ago this morning, I woke to the news that a terrorist attack had taken place in Orlando, Florida. In the months that followed, my Facebook feed and friends list changed, based on how people responded to that event and to my anger surrounding it. As angry as the event would have…