Actually, Sukerkin, it does tend to be a political thing over here because of the political parties and their differences on gun control. It is not as strong an issue between the parties as it once was, it is seen now in a lot of Democrat circles as a non-winner to be pro-gun control as much as they favor that side of the issue. In fact, the recent concealed carry law in Wisconsin had to be signed by a republican because the democrat governors before him refused to sign it. Also, the former mayor Daley and the current Mayor Emmanuel in chicago are anti-gun. Rahm Emmanuel may be more of a realist on the topic because he is considering allowing gun ranges in the city of chicago to get ahead of recent court decisions.