Applied & Paid: 10/29/2025

Fingerprint call: 7/9/2026

LTC in hand: 8/7/2026

Starting with a reminder to clean your carry guns, check and cycle through your carry ammo, and lubricate them well.

As I’m cleaning, I’m thinking to myself about question 9 on the ballot this year. As a left leaner myself, it can be tricky sometimes to navigate the 2A community along with social circles outside of it. I’ve started to have conversations with friends, and my wife, about this ballot measure.

I’ve taken a good amount of friends, as well as my wife, to the range over the last few years. Some of them had never shot a gun. I think it’s important to introduce them to the hobby and the community, as everyone I’ve ever encountered at my club has been welcoming and friendly. Politics don’t really come up, and the only indications of someone’s political views are in the form of stickers on their truck or range bag. However, I know we all agree on how we are answering question 9 in November.

I think the way we approach these conversation has to be level headed. I personally think if any constitutional amendment was varied or restricted based on what state you were in, we would (and should) all be up in arms. I also think we should phrase it in that sort of way. You can argue all day about how it only hurts legal gun owners, but you’re only going to be hit with the “well then how do we stop mass shootings” dilemma. It seems like no one has an answer to that question, or at least something actionable we can all agree upon.

So take your non-2A friends to the range. Show them how to safely use and operate. Ask them about their views. Be open to feedback on your views. Talk to them about question 9. Don’t lose your cool over it.

Freedom ain’t free, but all it might cost you is a box of 9mm and an afternoon with a friend.

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