Only reason I’m involved in politics at all is because people have made guns political when they actually should be miles away from it.
It should be political suicide to even talk about taking guns from people but we’re not there yet and there is work to do.
It's just a harsh truth that the majority of gun people are not engaged in the political process anywhere. You don't even have to say voting, take it out, it's still true.
Tons do not care about politics at all.
Tons care, but do nothing but shit-talk online and edgy post.
A decent number will vote in a presidential election every 4 years, but nothing else.
A tragically large amount just say "do a lawsuit! Sue! Lawsuit!" as an answer to literally every problem. Waiting for wizards in weird robes to wave a wand and fix everything.
A small number will maybe throw money at a gun rights group once in a while, and that's it.
A tiny fraction is involved past that.
If you've bothered to call over a bill, or show up to testify, or engage in a primary, go to a protest, do any kind of explicitly political stunt, ran free educational training, etc, you're a tiny elite of people who take this seriously.
Until we get past the apathy issue, this isn't gonna get fixed.
New Mexico and Minnesota are two states full of a rabid, crazy number of these elites, and it's why they fought off assault weapons bans in BLUE states with DEM MAJORITIES that were well strong enough to pass them if they wanted to.
They stopped because people went apeshit, they called, showed up, lined up around the building, etc.
Till I can say this and no one tries to argue with me, or cope, or ignore it, we will keep having issues and when we do win, it'll be by the skin of our teeth, fought by people who care more than you. 🤷♀️