In my circle of acquaintances I’ve come to the conclusion that the percentage of well armed and constitutionally knowledgeable libertarians is higher than that of republicans.
Denigrate them all you wish, but when the time comes I’d rather they have my back than panty-waist, social issue RINOs.
In my experience in Southern California and Texas, conservatives beat libertarians all the way around, including guns and military experience.
I can take you to a liberal cocktail party and introduce you to many libertarians, but not many conservatives.
Sodom and Gomorrah had plenty of lefties and libertarians, but they were sure short on conservatives.