Of course!
I am very thankful that I live in an area and come from a family were this sensible thinking is predominate. However, being in this environment also led people like us to think the country would *never* get into the state we are now.
This hit home very well to Myranda when we moved from Valley Mills to Wichita Falls. She was completely comfortable with having friends at school who kept firearms in their vehicles for the purpose of going out hunting after school. Yes, we all know about school shootings... and guns on school grounds are illegal... but, in that culture, the rules didn't make sense so they were ignorred? A failure in the system? I don't think so. I never had a qualm about Myranda riding home with friends with guns in the car. Just the opposite, there was more comfort in that. But, it's a different culture and mentality.
When we moved here, Myranda was stunned at the attitudes of her fellow students as well as being brought face to face with the 2nd amendment issues that she was already much in support of.
Matter of fact, when we were still in Valley Mills, Myranda was a journalism student. She wrote some pretty good articles and editorials on gun control. You woulda liked 'em. Still, in Valley Mills, all that was taken for granted because *everyone* thought that way.
Back home though, she shared her opinions and was met with kudos for writing well. Here, she learned to fight for it. That is not a bad thing either.