Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
I find it pathetic that people are blaming pot and beer. These are usually the same people who find every excuse in the book to NOT support a proposed bill. Grow up.
I'm not blaming pot and beer but that attraction generally doesn't bring in very pro-2a people. I know that's a general statement and not always true so yes, take it with a grain of salt.

17% of the voters in the last CO election were in the age bracket of 18-34. 2.5% higher than the next bracket of 35-44. That 17% is up 1.5% from 2010 while all other brackets (minus 65+) fell. The millennials are getting involved in voting due to Obama and his push when he first ran. It's good to have more people involved but I don't see THAT many millennials concerned with 2A rights, do you? Maybe I'm wrong but being 30 years old, I have a facebook circle that is made of of people in the 25-35 year old bracket, for the most part. I'd say that I see more posts concerned with beer/football/weed growing/socially responsible/etc than guns and gun rights. I've been called ancient, just spewing the rhetoric that my mom and dad told me to say, and told that there is such a thing as free lunch. Yes, by someone in the above mentioned age bracket.

So yes, I will continue my push for 2A rights. But judging off what I've seen, the hope is slim. We have a governer that wouldn't put a convicted killer to death. He even said he'd give full amnesty if he didn't win the election. Blatantly said he didn't even read up on the laws he signed into force and laughed about it. Yet what happened....nothing. As a state, how do we not vote him out based on principle (let alone trampling on our 2A rights) after that? That is where my dismay comes from. Yes, more recalls. More pounding the pavement. But I'm telling you, we're not having the right influx of people to help turn this ship around going forward.

Does that mean I refuse to "grow up", no. I still support our 2A in every way I can. I'm just concerned for the trend I'm seeing.