Good point. However, that's only effective if one gives a rat's ass about whether or not to associate with the anti-gunner. I can assure you that I don't. In fact the absence of any in-laws and other relatives is something to be treasured rather than mourned. (You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relatives)
My mother-in-law and father-in-law were an exception to this, but father-in-law smoked heavily and died of lung cancer over 30 years ago. My MIL died about 10 years ago.
Good point about relatives. None of mine were very prolific & I have never been to a reunion, but I hear the horror stories about what happens when Uncle Wackadoodle shows up.
As for gun-shunning, it gets insidious when it infiltrates the school system, as an example. Kids being shunned by other kids who have been taught to do so.
“Your father owns GUNS!!?? Ew yuk, get away from me!”
Then it turns into reeducation, and I just had the strangest feeling that we have seen this before. 1930’s Germany, that’s it! Persecution of a certain group because not approved by the dominant ideology.
See where I’m going with this?