Yup, pick your battles.
Face it, in the environment today anything to do with firearms is going to be demonized.
As far as the LE giving you his "opinion" it is exactly that and not the law.
As far as deals at Sportsmans or such remember, if a transaction is conducted on the premises of a FFL, a 4473 must be executed at time of transfer. Let's not put them in a bad spot.
thank god you weren't swapping porn.......the horror
Or is it whore?