Yes, it is worth it. If you demand absolute ideological purity from someone who has the opposite absolute ideological purity then it is worthless.
However, there are folks who are not zealots and can listen. Real surveys about gun rights (not politically motivated ones) indicate that most of the country supports owning guns for SD and sport but wants to control access to criminals.
Thus, you can get support for home ownership and concealed carry. Now you may not like, if you are a purist, a middle person who likes background checks for private sales at the gun show - but that person might support CCW permits with some training or testing. That person is an overall win.
In several states we've gotten concealed carry with not to onerous requirements for a shall issue permit. The absolutist might not like it but now most states are shall issue. Quite a good thing.
I can make the argument for campus carry to some - who know that I've taken the issue seriously and trained up. They may not like the untrained carrying. So with that person I can reasonably discussed standards.
If you think about small steps and reason - it can be done to the middle of the distribution of gun attitudes.
However, there are folks who are not zealots and can listen. Real surveys about gun rights (not politically motivated ones) indicate that most of the country supports owning guns for SD and sport but wants to control access to criminals.
Thus, you can get support for home ownership and concealed carry. Now you may not like, if you are a purist, a middle person who likes background checks for private sales at the gun show - but that person might support CCW permits with some training or testing. That person is an overall win.
In several states we've gotten concealed carry with not to onerous requirements for a shall issue permit. The absolutist might not like it but now most states are shall issue. Quite a good thing.
I can make the argument for campus carry to some - who know that I've taken the issue seriously and trained up. They may not like the untrained carrying. So with that person I can reasonably discussed standards.
If you think about small steps and reason - it can be done to the middle of the distribution of gun attitudes.