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If I was 20 years younger, which I was when we moved here, I would have looked more inland and given the political
climate a closer inspection.
May not have been able to predict it 20 years ago. 20 years ago the anti-gun sentiment was not nearly as strong as today. I think the reasons antis are so strong today are:
1 - Several mass shooting in recent years resulted in people thinking with their feelings instead of their brains
2 - Big influx of people from liberal states
3 - 20 years of Socialist indoctrination in public schools
4 - Older generations are dying, some are moving to free states
I'm not seeing ANY trend in Idaho that even suggests "more liberals" coming in. The opposite in fact in the last 1/2 century.
I am sure some are moving there - there are so many Californians that they are moving everywhere; fortunately some long-time Idahoans are still having kids so that should be a plus for pro-gun rights. My wild guess is that it will be 10 or more years before they are a threat to guns within the state, hopefully longer. As you say, gun rights will still be in trouble if the antis take over the federal government again, and they will at some point.
Not sure what caused the bluish 1960s Idaho election map; maybe less radical anti-gun party, anti-war movement, bad R candidates??? What year was that map for?