I live in the inland northwest, when they took the census it turns out the area is about 95% white. We are the epitome of the "I have a black friend joke". In the 4 or five gun shops I go to I have not seen any racism. When I was in one of the local class 3 dealers in walk 3 Mexicans, I assume they were Mexican, accent, look, pigment, clothing, but I could be mistaken, dressed in baggy clothes, sideways hats, and all had CCW. Talk about being able to easily conceal. all had license for suppressors and were obviously good friends with the owner.
In the area I live in, the racism is not generally toward people who are not white, it is directed toward Russians, and the satellite nationalities.
I have not seen any of the lynching pics at gun shows, but there is quite a bit of Nazi collectibles. Guns, knives, ect. But I consider that as history and not necessarily racist.
Across the border they have a yearly white pride parade, the remnant of a white supremacy compound, it gets fewer and fewer participants every year, AND all the businesses close for the duration of the parade. The only reason they allow them to march is because of freedom of speech and something about it being unfair to not allow them to march when they allow others.
I have even cut off ties with some friends I had for years because of their views. especially considering my best friend is black, AND lives in Texas, talk about pissing me off. Now she has told me some horror stories about how she was treated, and she is a very clean cut, high standard woman.
Most of white America has absolutely no idea what people from other nationalities deal with, I know I don't. It is an unfortunate fact of life that is slowly getting weeded out, to slowly I might add.
I honestly believe that most gun owner, not just people who own guns, but people who are believers in all the amendments and are fighting for personal rights are the least bigoted group out there. I have seen advertisements that are directed at other races to get them into firearms, not just for money, but for the reason that it helps dispel myths about race. To me they are saying, look, this guy who is black carries a concealed weapon, he in not a gang banger, he is an upstanding citizen.
I am going to stop typing because it is 1:40 and have a cranking headache, and am getting long winded. Is long winded the correct terminology when typing?