I think the same thing goes for gun ownership in general here in Mass. I started out as a fair-weather shooter in Maine. I wasn’t very intersted in the 2nd amendment, or personal protection. I just liked shooting guns. I Maine you just need a clean background and to be of age to buy guns and ammunition, so there are lots of “Fair Weather Shooters” When somebody’s target pistol, is threatened with a ban, or violence strikes close-to-home for these fairwather-fans of guns, the chance of this person becomming a 2nd amendment and/or personal defence advocate become very high.

If its too difficult just to OWN a gun, fair weathers will write it off, much like I’ve written off ever owning a high-end sports car (they’re neat, but in the end its illigal to drive really fast without getting access to a race track…which is a pain, and they’re REALLY expensive to own….and wayyy more expensive to insure…ect)

The end result is much lower recuitment to our ranks.