A younger, more diverse generation of gun owners has emerged, and is emerging, via a sub-platform on YouTube known as GunTube.
The New York Times says the new gun fans, “drawn to tactical training and self-defense, are regularly watching firearms videos…” As a result, the videos have “drawn more than 29 billion views” via the GunTube subculture.
The Times notes: “…Guntube is its own sprawling community. Some guntubers have cult followings, and there is an industry awards event known as the Gundies, a riff on the Dundies from the sitcom ‘The Office.’”
The paper added, “Much like video game streamers, some guntube stars make thousands of dollars per video.”
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When would-be viewers go to guntube.org, they are met with options to watch short videos, longer videos, streaming firearm shows, various blogs, and myriad gun channels, among other things. Even a cursory glance at the webpage puts to death the tired leftist mantra that gun purchasers are a bunch of old white guys who just keep buying more and more firearms, ammunition, and accessories.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly: awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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