By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A major development over the past five plus years has been the number of new, first-time gun buyers. It\u2019s been a remarkable shift in demographics of who is buying and training with firearms. No longer can the media ignore reality as the American gun owner is dramatically shifting away from the tired stereotype of \u201cpale, stale and male\u201d gun owners \u201cstockpiling\u201d firearms and towards the most diverse gun-owning population in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in some of America\u2019s largest metropolitan areas, in some of the most antigun cities and states in the country, mayors and governors are chest-thumping over a drop in crime rates. However, their claims fall flat with city dwellers who know better, for two major reasons. First, these gun control mayors<\/strong><\/a> and governors ignore the millions of new law-abiding gun owners who have chosen to stand up to criminals and keep their families and homes safe and protect their businesses. Second, many of these major cities are not reporting crime data to the national databases keeping track of such trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n