Skylar Simon gets instructions from firearms instructor Dan Hood during

Skylar Simon (L) gets instructions from firearms instructor Dan Hood. “Every gay person, every lesbian, every transgender, everybody in-between and every street person, we all know someone who has been the victim of a crime, a hate crime or some type of violent assault,” said Pink Pistols Salt Lake City chapter president Matt Schlentz said in an interview.

REUTERS/Jim Urquhart