Just as it is highly doubtful that there are any GOP voters for whom the right to an abortion is a significant issue, there are very few Dem voters for whom gun ownership is a factor.
There may indeed be some Dems who went out and bought guns, but if that matters to them, they switched to GOP a long time ago.
In many areas and in our areas, the new buyers of guns has been women. Our local gun store, 8 days post San Bernardino, women were the main buyers, and their number one choice, pistols
None of our women folk over the age of 21 felt the need to buy guns. They know that, we have guns, and they know how to use them if they need to.
The gun owners in our families get asked often what guns do they recommend for home protection. Those asking these questions are non hunters, never owned a gun and are often democrats.
What % of new first time gun owners are/were democrats, you or I don’t know. If it is 5-10%, how many of those people will vote for a democrat, who will take away their guns?
Uhhh, maybe 10 years ago. Hell, maybe even 3 years ago. Not now.
I was at a gun show recently. The buyers weren’t whites. The buyers were blacks. And women. And other minorities. The white guys were there and were looking, but they weren’t doing the buying.
The culture is shifting right in front of us.