Oregon is a funny state. Portland rules the state politically by population, but the Portland liberal fruitcakes have a very big libertarian streak. Other than Portland and a couple other liberal counties, Oregon is 2/3 rabidly libertarian leaning conservative geographically.
The shooting culture in Oregon is well established and encompasses all types. I shot matches with poneytailed birkenstock wearing smelly hippies (one kicked my butt everytime), liberal retired college engineering professors, and a former NASA engineer’s homeschooled sons (who were being recruited by every military service shooting team). The shooting culture here defies stereotypes.
It helps that the hunting in Oregon is fantastic.
Thanks for that feedback. Over the past few years, I had decided that OR was hard blue. But, recent news has chipped away at that notion, to my pleasant surprise. Yes, it seems that the big population centers are the ones that fark things up for the rest. But, it really does make sense as they usually are the sources of the takers.