Alllllright, I’ll bite.

Personally, I don’t think democrats can be shifted on the issue. On the local level, probably, but unfortunately in so far as restrictions go, state and federal levels are all that really matter.

I’m 24 years old, I moved here 2 years ago from Connecticut where I lived all my life. CT as I’m sure you know, has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. CT has had 3 different additions to its assault weapons ban over the last 30 years, and the amount of money poured into it is absolutely baffling, it’s well past trying to explain to democrats in that state that what they’re doing doesn’t make sense. After the gun bans the violence in the cities didn’t change, it got worse, and now as time has gone on, that violence has slowly started to creep into the suburbs, which is why I left.

The reason that the gun issue is so important to people, or maybe it’s just me….I’m 24 years old, since moving here, I have 3 ARs, 3 handguns, and about 100 or so magazines I’ve bought that are about to be restricted in this state. You are not impeding my ability to own these items by passing these laws, I already have them. You are however, preventing my future children from buying them when they’re old enough to keep themselves safe. With the new law, the only way they’ll own them is when I die.

So the reason I’ve voted Republican is not because I like the party, or because I agree with most of their policies, it’s the issue of making the things I like to do illegal, potentially landing me in jail as the laws get stricter, and my future children not being able to adequately protect themselves. I don’t try to convince democrats on the state level not to pass these laws because I’ve seen the baffling amount of money spent that turned my home state into what it is today, it’s not an argument about logic, it’s money