I live in Pennsy, and we are fighting like hell to keep this a Gunny state. We are a thumb in their eye on the East Coast, and fully intend to remain as such.
I also have neighbors that are libs, but are not absolute lunatic fringe moonbats. They’re just ignorant - read clueless - about who and what the party is that they’re supporting. I don’t necessarily think they’re bad people - just brainwashed and conditioned to think a certain way.
I’m doing all I can to change that and will continue to do so.
I am fortunate, however, in that the majority of the folk I live near are former and retired military, so it’s a decent base to start from.
Very similar situation here. The fight is mostly about maintaining but we’ve had some very good forward progress lately. Mostly libs here are of the type where you are in PA. They just don’t think it thru. I’ve made it my business to stimulate their brains in regard to gun ownership. My neighbourhood is a mixed bag but gun fire is common year round. That said its a 24x7 ‘job’ to make sure we don’t lose ground. That all said, its not really about us at all but future generations. We need to make sure they enjoy these same freedoms and more. I’ve travelled the world some and there’s absolutely no place like the US!
I just heard PA described as Pittsburg and Philly, with Arkansas in between.