Being less of a hardline conservative and more of an independent (officially, I'm a Paleolibertarian / Classical Liberal), I do have lots of friends who are not hardline conservatives, but are getting more interested in guns. I took a guy who wasn't interested much in politics out shooting for the first time last week, and he loved it! Some time after thanksgiving, I'll be introducing a friend who calls himself an independent to the range. I showed him a couple of guns last week at my place and he made it clear that while he was interested, he and his wife were afraid of having guns in the house with young kids.... We'll fix that!![]()