US, shaken by mass shootings, continues to buy weapons

Two professionals and colleagues still working in the clothing store were busy in the afternoon at the South Shore Shooting Range.

The sound of gunfire could be heard outside the parking lot on Thursday on a quiet street lined with large trees and a swimming pool. The water in the back garden is on the outskirts of Islip, USA.

Jenn and Shelby, friends who do not want to use their last name, stand on a shooting range in a helmeted building. Soundproofing and goggles as they aim their rifles, pistols and pistols at targets that represent the human body.

Jenn, who has a firearms license and has not yet decided what kind of first pistol she is, says I'm not You are a novice. Just start and find weapons.

"I tried to practice shooting at the shooting range," she said. I’m not saying I like it, but just trying to learn to shoot. Jenn and Shelby are among the growing number of Americans, especially black women and men, rushing to the arms store, most of them The first to never buy a weapon before.

The high interest in weapons comes amid a spate of mass shootings across the United States. Two weeks ago, four people were shot dead, one in Kansas, New York and one in Texas. They just accidentally entered the wrong house or opened the wrong door.