Daphne Jordan
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In this July 10, 2017, photo, Daphne Jordan poses with her Walther PK380 handgun in Decatur, Ga. She's among the ranks of the nation's black women who own a firearm. Jordan, a 44-year-old clinical field specialist at a biotech firm, said she hadn't grown up around firearms. "It was somewhat viewed as taboo, as bad," she said. In high school, she joined the ROTC rifle team and was one of its best shooters. But once she graduated, she forgot about it and didn't pick it up again until years later. In 2015, she came home to discover she had been burglarized. "I just felt violated." She decided to learn how to shoot again and how to protect herself. But she didn't want to do it alone. So she became a certified firearms instructor and began teaching other women at the range. She enjoys the comaraderie and helping to empower other women. "It's not second nature, and that's something I'm changing," she said. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)
