[1] Inspired by a Salon.com article written by Jonathan Rauch,[2] Krikket (aka Doug Krick), a libertarian activist from Illinois while living in Massachusetts, founded the Pink Pistols in July 2000.

[1] Those chapters are located in 33 states and three countries that are principally made up of gun-owning LGBT individuals, though neither status is mandatory for membership.

The group occasionally produces report cards on politicians, rating their position on issues of interest to members.

According to pinkpistols.org: The Pink Pistols get together at least once a month at local firing ranges to practice shooting, and to acquaint people new to firearms with them.

[11] In January 2020, winner of Season 4 of the History Channel show Top Shot, Chris Cheng (the first openly gay man to win the contest), joined the Board of Directors of Operation Blazing Sword/Pink Pistols (two gun rights-LGBT organizations that merged in 2018).